A stunning discovery beneath Antarctica’s ice has revealed evidence of a hidden ancient jungle, suggesting that this frozen continent was once lush, green, and teeming with life. But how did this ...

If you're flexible enough to travel on a one-way cruise – and have extra time to explore far-flung locales along the way – ...

Because of the scale and complexity of the Auckland Island project, it’ll take eight years and $78m to remove all pigs, cats and mice. It’s been described as the “last piece of the puzzle” for a ...

Record-Breaking Lows in World’s Sea Ice Worries Scientists as It Poses Danger to the Environment The world’s sea ice is in ...

Discover more about the Drake Passage that leads to Antarctica, and why its waters can be some of the roughest in the ...

Sea ice refers to the free-floating ice in the polar regions. While it generally expands during the winter and melts in the ...

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

According to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers found an unexpected surge of the radioactive ...

The United Kingdom ’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) plans to invest 81 million pounds in the development of an ambitious early warning system designed to detect climate tipping points.

An international team of scientists says Earth's glaciers are vanishing so fast they now release 273 billion tonnes of ice ...

The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...

The US Coast Guard first operated a polar icebreaker in the Antarctic when the Wind -Class icebreaker Northwind supported ...