When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

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Global team of researchers compile comprehensive picture of the species found in world's most remote continent A pioneering ...

Researchers unveil a new map and classification system that will help protect the unique plants and animals of Earth's most remote and fragile continent.

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To fully embrace the Antarctic aesthetic, begin with a cold color palette. Opt for shades of white, ice blue, soft grey, and ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas ...

University of Chicago paleontologist and author Neil Shubin has been on multiple expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. Those trips have produced groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of ...

the Antarctic is the natural habitat for many different types of Penguin and these animals play a part in both of the featured episodes. Locate Antarctica on globes, digital maps and atlases and ...

The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. But it would be ...

Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British ...

The world's smallest continent is on the move - creeping about 2.8 inches, or seven centimetres, a year towards southeast Asia.