Thirty million years separate the freezing of Antarctica from the glaciation of the Arctic, and for decades that gap made ...

Dinosaur fossils are rare to find in Antarctica because of the unforgiving ice caps. But millions of years ago, the region was populated by lush forests.

Antarctica is a destination of staggering extremes – home to the largest ice sheet on the planet, soaring 14,700-foot mountains, active "Ring of Fire" volcanoes and the coldest surface temperature ...

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 meters (171 ...

During the first days of June 2026, the Antarctic Peninsula recorded exceptionally high temperatures for the time of year.

Researchers have identified the first-ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica, revealing it belonged to a titanosaur.

What do you get when you mix the cuteness of a seal with the fierceness of a leopard? You get this adorable but dangerous ...

Glaciers contain priceless information about the Earth’s climate history. Ice Memory Foundation is leading a project to preserve pieces of these glaciers before rising temperatures erase them.

Some 34 million years ago, when Earth was significantly warmer than it is today, Antarctica froze over. It would take another ...

THE mystery behind a “waterfall of blood” in Antarctica has finally been solved after more than a century. Located in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, a five-story deep-red waterfall that ...

A team led by a geophysicist in Italy now believes that about 90% of Earth’s fresh water ice may not be on solid ground after all.

A vertebra from the British Antarctic Survey collection has been recognized for what it is -- the first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica.