Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming has long-term, irreversible societal impacts with important ...

Belén González-Gaya recounts hitching a ride on a commercial cruise to measure contaminants in a remote region ...

The first explored the South Sandwich Islands, where active tectonic activity and methane vents create warm, chemical-rich ...

The annual meeting of the international body responsible for conservation of the marine ecosystems in the Southern Ocean ...

Antarctica is famously an icy wasteland in the modern day, but far in the past, dinosaurs once roamed a very different, ...

A robot found over 1,000 organized fish nests under Antarctic ice, revealing geometric breeding patterns and new clues about ...

The second expedition took researchers to the Southern Ocean’s Bellingshausen Sea, off West Antarctica. The team was the ...

Have you ever wondered how some life forms keep going in places so cold we’d call them frozen? Places humans wouldn't dare ...

When photos of a strange worm began circulating on Facebook, people assumed it was another deep-sea hoax. But the creature is real. Meet ...

During an expedition to search for a famed shipwreck, researchers discovered something unexpected: striking geometric patterns on the floor of Antarctica’s western Weddell Sea created by fish.

The Australian government says it's "disappointed" after an international conservation meeting in Hobart failed to reach agreement on improved protection measures in Antarctica.

Bald eagles are another apex predator that have no known natural predators other than humans. They are opportunistic hunters ...