Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and ...

Bacteria living in Antarctica’s barren desert soils have developed a survival strategy that defies conventional biology: they ...

When scientists look at the effects of a warming planet on wildlife, the news is almost universally grim. Animals and plants are falling out of sync with each other. Ecosystems are fraying. Coral ...

Due to the extremely cold climate, Lake Unter-See remains covered in ice year-round.

The phenomenon isn't a new one, but scientists have only recently come up with a convincing explanation for why it happens.

The future of one of Antarctica's most iconic glaciers could be far more dramatic than scientists previously thought. Using ...

NASA satellites detected a phytoplankton bloom around Antarctic iceberg A-23A as it melted, showing how icebergs can fertilize the ocean.

After a new upgrade, a neutrino observatory in Antarctica may identify dormant supermassive black holes within our galaxy.

Antarctica, the planet's largest repository of meteorites, is beginning to hide them under the ice due to global warming.

Under bone-chilling conditions, an international team of scientists has unlocked the secrets to better understand a ...

WWF objects to MSC certification of Antarctic krill fishery and urges establishment of network of Marine Protected Area in Southern Ocean WWF has lodged an objection with the Marine Stewardship ...