Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

A baby colossal squid was filmed in the deep sea by an ocean expedition near Antarctica. The world's largest squid has eluded ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

In Antarctica's freezing depths, tiny creatures have mastered survival tactics that could unlock secrets to extreme cold ...

Byron Adams in Antarctica, where he does research and ... they have been known to break out – the environment and living conditions can cause tempers to fray – and result in people being ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said Robin E. Bell, referring to icy moons. Bell is a research professor at Columbia ...

Crowds of tourists bound for Antarctica have brought prosperity to Argentina’s southernmost city, but the boom is also ...

As the number of tourists in Antarctica skyrockets each year, so has their burden on the fragile polar ecosystem.

Expedition reveals rare glimpse of one of the sea’s most mysterious predators ...

"The hut became the permanent living quarters for the ten marooned men," Shackleton wrote. Blanchette and his team have traveled to Antarctica each of the past nine years to collect hut samples ...