Deep within Antarctica’s Ellsworth Mountains, a pyramid-shaped peak has intrigued scientists and conspiracy theorists alike.

Trovants are rocks that grow by absorbing minerals from rainwater. Romania is home to a cluster of trovants that inspired ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink into it, perhaps even descending far enough so as to be hidden below the ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

Earth has a lot going on under the surface - even in what may have once seemed to be its most unassuming layer.

A peculiar satellite image of Antarctica has sparked fresh debate over the existence of extraterrestrial life. A Google Earth ...

The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.

Darren Edwards knows a lot about hopelessness; one minute, he was rock climbing in North Wales about to finish his route, and ...

Little wonder the poles can seem timeless, places of desolate beauty – tundra and rock in the north, and wind and ice in the ...

This Blue Monday (20 January), escape the ordinary and apply for the job of a lifetime in Antarctica. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is looking for people to work at its research stations in ...