The name Antarctica dates back centuries—and it wasn’t just about ice. It came from ancient ideas about balance, geography, and a land no one had seen.

Scientists say the planned decommissioning of a valuable research vessel is part of a series of actions by the Trump ...

When the sound was first detected in 1997, researchers came up with various theories. The answer, however, was quite simpler.

Abrupt changes” threaten to send the continent past the point of no return, at which point continued ice-melting would ...

Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet of ice set in contrast to the dark waters of the encircling Southern Ocean. Get closer, though, and you’ll ...

"All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises," Sydnee Fenn, a reptile keeper at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, told Live Science. Generally, the reptiles that people call turtles spend a ...

It's worrying people on social media, and even more eerily, the item has been found in Antarctica. Google Maps is the centre of numerous conspiracy theories, with many claiming they've seen evidence ...

More than 100,000 international tourists — including almost 10,000 Australians — travel to Antarctica each year. But a new ...

Emperor penguins are a well-known species found only in Antarctica. These resilient creatures can survive even the harshest ...

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the ...

A new study has revealed that tiny organisms called snow algae are significantly contributing to the surface melting on ...

Polar historian, naturalist, and submarine pilot Seb Coulthard on the transformative power of expeditionary travel.