A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...

The international traveling sensation Flat Stanley can get no flatter than a bunch of electrons, but at Glen Kinoshita’s South Pole Web site, Stanley may be at his coolest. Flat Stanley is a ...

A leathery fossil unearthed from Antarctic sediment is overturning core ideas about how Earth’s dominant marine reptiles ...

SYDNEY, June 5 (Reuters) - Antarctica pact partners have set up a new protected geological site on the frozen continent in a bid to preserve rare minerals that could shed light on the region's history ...

A Feb. 10 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows renderings of Earth, maps and mountains of ice and snow. “What if Antarctica is simply a giant ice wall that prevents us from seeing the rest ...

Planning for an expedition to Antarctica can feel overwhelming, with many questions looming about what to pack, how to prepare and what to expect once on arrival. Here are tips for the journey.

Beneath Antarctica's thick ice, a unique "living legacy" may hold clues to ecosystems long thought to be gone. In East Antarctica, beneath the ice of Lake Enigma, researchers have uncovered a ...

Costa Spur and Terrie Bluff, once nameless features of the austere Antarctic landscape, have now been officially named in honor of Daniel Costa and Terrie Williams, professors of ecology and ...

Scientists working in Antarctica have captured breath-taking photos of the skies above the icy continent, including these mesmerizing shots taken by Antarctica New Zealand science technician Stuart ...