New research from the University of St Andrews has shed light on a crucial mechanism of lowering atmospheric CO2 during Earth ...

It can start quite slowly. All you see at first is a faint lightening of the night sky, something easily mistaken for moonshine on clouds. But there’s this little flutter in your stomach because on ...

All along the western Antarctic Peninsula, whales, penguins and seals in their millions depend on krill (Euphausia superba) ...

In the Antarctic winter, this upper atmosphere normally stays near –55°C, held by strong polar winds and the absence of ...

The Southern Lights are just as spectacular as the Northern, and a journey to this adventure-filled destination doesn't disappoint, even if you don't see them.

The Antarctic is a harsh and unforgiving climate for many, though there is no shortage of important biological activity ...

On Sept. 21-22, a partial solar eclipse will see the moon sweep over the sun's disk, blocking its light over a swathe of the ...

Scientists discovered that Antarctic seabirds use teamwork, scent, and sight to find food together efficiently.

The songs of fin whales in the Atlantic Ocean include two region-specific high-frequency components that are distinct and ...

EXPERTS have discovered the real reasons Ernest Shackleton’s ship sank on its ill-fated Antarctic expedition in 1915. And it ...

The Paris-based European Space Agency says a near 10-foot-wide asteroid passed Earth 265 miles above Antarctica but was not ...

A recent Journal of Orthoptera Research article describes two newly identified katydid species endemic to the southern ...