One of the world's most vast and mysterious land masses, Antarctica is a remote and fragile environment you can generally ...

In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned "Silent Spring," alerting the world to the dangers of the ...

Feathers from three penguin species – Adelie, gentoo and chinstrap – were collected during the 2010-11 breeding season by ...

An iceberg the size of Chicago broke off am Antarctic ice shelf to reveal a thriving ecosystem underneath, according to ...

Scientists uncovered a thriving, never-before-seen ecosystem beneath Antarctica after a giant iceberg broke off.

About 98% of them sail from South America to the Antarctic Peninsula, in the west. But just a few sail to the south of the ...

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Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been ...

According to the Washington Post, a group of researchers have discovered a marine ecosystem beneath a 30-kilometre iceberg, ...

An iceberg break-off in Antarctica led to the unexpected discovery of a thriving marine ecosystem beneath the George VI Ice ...

On Jan. 13, the iceberg, named A-84, broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf, a massive floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute.