Ancient penguin remains discovered on Seymour Island are shedding light on the climatic transformations of Antarctica.
The Antarctic midge, known scientifically as Belgica antarctica, is a remarkable organism that thrives in extreme conditions.
Scientists may have solved the mystery of why Antarctica froze millions of years before the Arctic. Slow-moving waves deep inside Earth gradually lifted East Antarctica, building mountains and a high ...
Antarctica is releasing alarming amounts of mercury into the surrounding ocean as climate change accelerates the melting of ...
This episode is packed with your best economic ideas from around the world and a penguin interview. It all comes together in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Antarctica is usually unoccupied except for scientists, wealthy tourists, and adventurers. Surprisingly, though, a small number of ...
The continent is releasing higher levels of mercury into the ocean and marine ecosystem because of climate change, and the ...
A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ice reaching 20 meters up into the sky. It is cold. Survival is hard ...
My husband and I just marked a significant milestone by visiting our seventh continent together: Antarctica. During the past 20 years, our mutual love for exploration has taken us to every corner of ...
It was five years ago this month that ESA’s GOCE gravity-mapping satellite finally gave way to gravity, but its results are still yielding buried treasure – giving a new view of the remnants of lost ...
Eight penguin species, six kinds of seals, and the world's largest animal: a look at who really lives in Antarctica.
On Aug. 25, 1928, popular explorer began his expedition in southernmost continent.