Antarctica is home to Earth’s largest concentration of meteorites — so many that over 60 percent of meteorite finds originate ...

When Antarctica was lush with forests during the Eocene, there was a carnivorous bird that had a curved beak and terrifying ...

Antarctic sea ice has been disappearing over the last several summers. Now, climate scientists are wondering whether it will ...

New research has uncovered a feedback loop that may be accelerating the melting of the floating portions of the West ...

In 1898, the crew of the first scientific expedition to Antarctica became trapped inside sea ice around the southernmost ...

Mohua Rouf is one of the few Bangladeshis who have ever set foot on the world’s southernmost continent, Antarctica. She spent ...

Some 7,000 years ago, West Antarctica’s ice sheet retreated, most likely driven by warmer ocean currents slipping under the ...

Dr. Cassandra Brooks—an assistant professor of environmental studies and a faculty fellow with the Institute of Arctic and ...

Think Antarctica is just about penguins? Think again! This GK quiz dives deep into the mysteries of the South Pole, testing ...

Aurora Expedition has unveiled its full line-up of 2025-26 Antarctica cruises, which includes sailings on its forthcoming ...

An active volcano in Antarctica is shooting $6,000 in gold dust into the air every single day, NASA’s Earth Observatory ...

Tucked in among the glaciers, fiery Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, providing a bit of heat amid the frozen landscape of Antarctica.