Antarctica has lost sea ice equivalent in area to Greenland – and it has not returned, according to new satellite data. This ...

Scientists have made an astonishing discovery after finding lobster-like creatures beneath the depths of the Antarctic ice.

Any cap on tourist numbers in Antarctica, and rules for trading, must be based on evidence about what the environment can ...

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By ...

Known as Blood Falls, the waterfall pours crimson from the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valley. As the ...

Climate scientists in the United States are to be cut off from satellite data measuring the amount of sea ice — a sensitive ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

New research reveals Antarctic sea ice has hit record lows three times since 2017, creating cascading effects on global ...

An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up.

About two-thirds of Antarctic tourists land on the continent. The visitors can threaten fragile ecosystems by: Even when ...

On 28 November 1966, an American airplane flies over the Antarctic Peninsula just south of the southernmost tip of Chile. On ...