It’s the kind of event that when it happens, you leave whatever you’re doing,” said Patricia Esquete, the expedition’s chief scientist.

In large part thanks to being in the right place at the right time, researchers discovered a thriving marine ecosystem ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

Photo / 123rf Researchers were working off the coast of Antarctica when it happened: a gigantic iceberg about 30km long ...

Over the course of a month-long mission, scientists used an unmanned submersible to capture video footage, photographs, and ...

Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new ...

Most Antarctic trips explore the western peninsula departing from South America for about 10 days. This is the most beautiful ...

A “serendipitous” discovery offers new insights into how ecosystems can thrive beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ice ...

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation ...