A strange object resembling a massive ship has been spotted on Google Earth in Antarctica, sending conspiracy theories into ...

Beneath Antarctica's vast ice sheets lies an estimated 511 billion barrels of oil and gas—a discovery that has transformed ...

Scientists exploring the Weddell Sea in 2019 found fish colony with over 1,000 nests clustered together, upending our ideas ...

Beneath kilometers of ice in East Antarctica, a team of geoscientists led by geophysicist Stewart Jamieson of Durham ...

We know the Earth is old, but getting direct evidence of the deep past is hard, that's why the latest discovery out of Antarctica is big news.

"The tip of the iceberg" is a phrase that suggests there is more to a situation than meets the eye. But ice shelves are also hiding secrets underneath the ocean's surface. A team of international ...

A new discovery of methane leaks in Antarctica could be a game-changer and potential near-term threat that’s difficult to characterize without sounding overly negative. Of course, situations like this ...

Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert, largely devoid of life except around the coasts. But this wasn't always the case. In 1833, naturalist James Eights found fossilized wood buried in the continent's ...

The hidden river could accelerate ice loss. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A river longer than England's Thames flows beneath ...

In Antarctica, beneath the ice, there is liquid water—and potentially a lot of it. That’s the takeaway from new research that ...

If you were to wander along the parts of Antarctica that are ice-free, you might be surprised to see something soft and ...