One of them is a madman — accused of violently beating, threatening and sexually harassed at least two of his teammates.

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

Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt ...

Antarctica, a land now covered by a massive ice sheet, was once a lush and vibrant environment, teeming with prehistoric life ...

The climate crisis will turn some areas of Antarctica into carbon absorption zones—so-called carbon sinks. The idea seems ...

A gigantic iceberg cracked off Antarctica on Jan. 13, revealing a swath of ocean that had not seen daylight in decades. Researchers decided to search the seafloor under the freshly exposed ocean. What ...

Scientists have discovered a “thriving ecosystem” of strange deep sea creatures on a newly exposed seafloor after an iceberg ...

A Chicago-sized iceberg recently broke away from Antarctica, giving scientists the chance to explore a portion of the sea ...

While some frogs call the great outdoors on six continents (excluding Antarctica) home, others are domesticated, kept as pets ...