Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and ...

Antarctica, the planet's largest repository of meteorites, is beginning to hide them under the ice due to global warming.

A new study shows Antarctica’s biggest ice losses are happening at a few weak coastal gateways where glaciers are retreating inland.

Tourists were stunned when a pair of orcas tried to hunt a gentoo penguin alongside their ship. Here’s what happened next.

Researchers warn Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes that could trigger global consequences. Melting ice, collapsing ice shelves, and disrupted ocean circulation threaten sea levels, ecosystems, ...

An article published recently in Nature Geoscience warns that Antarctica's ice masses have begun to experience a process scientists call "Greenlandification." The term refers to the unprecedented ...

For most of us, Antarctica is a frozen white desert that is mysterious, remote and almost unfathomably cold. However, a groundbreaking new scientific map, published in Science in January 2026, is now ...

Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean ...

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they head there with scientists trying to ...

Picture this: a place so remote that fewer people have stood on its shores than have climbed Mount Everest. Yet, in 2026, Antarctica is no longer the exclusive domain of scientists and hardcore ...

Ellie Ong receives funding from the Australian Research Council and an Australian Government Research and Training Program Scholarship. Edward Doddridge receives funding from the Australian Research ...

Starting this fall, more people will be able to camp and kayak in Antarctica with HX Expeditions. With two types of kayaking, there are more choices for adventure than ever before. ByRobin Raven, ...