Antarctica is arguably the most extraordinary place a cruise ship will take you. You’ll spend your days cruising in glassy ...

Louis Etienne and his crew of eight scientists this week began an expedition to the remote waters of Antarctica, where they ...

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human ...

"I certainly don't expect A-23A to last through the austral summer." The post Antarctica’s Former Largest Iceberg Is Now ...

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is ...

Both Antarctica and Greenland are very large, very cold and home to plenty of frozen territory. But there are certain other ways in which the two areas are becoming even more like one another — and ...

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way ...

Scientists have unveiled the most comprehensive map yet of the hidden landscape beneath Antarctica's colossal ice sheet, revealing a vibrant topography of mountains, canyons, valleys, and plains, ...

A four-year record from the heart of the Ross Ice Shelf shows how subtle changes could shape future sea level rise, ocean ...

Researchers in Antarctica think they might have been missing an essential part of the puzzle when it comes to melting ...