Louis Etienne and his crew of eight scientists this week began an expedition to the remote waters of Antarctica, where they ...

The formally feathered, flightless aquatic birds known as penguins dominate the frigid waters surrounding the subantarctic ...

Antarctica may be Earth’s coldest continent, but its name has ancient roots. This video explores how it was discovered in the 1800s and why Greek thinkers had already imagined a land at the bottom of ...

In the endless white expanse, a small mound broke the horizon. As explorer Matthieu Tordeur and glaciologist Heïdi Sevestre skied towards it, they saw a golden head emerging from the snow. It was the ...

The Scenic Eclipse will help ring in 2026, live from Antarctica. The Scenic Group ship will be featured during ABC News' New Year's Eve broadcast. It will be the first time that ABC will have New Year ...

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The ice that now covers West Antarctica was not there 3.6 million years ago, after a massive collapse of the ice sheet during a warming period. Anna Ruth Halberstadt, CC BY-NC-ND Christine Siddoway, ...

The name Antarctica dates back centuries—and it wasn’t just about ice. It came from ancient ideas about balance, geography, and a land no one had seen. Trump Presses Republicans to Block Vote on ...

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, ...

Step out of a helicopter onto a never-before-seen island in Antarctica’s distant south during this expert-led tour around endless icebergs, frozen cliffs and mercurial glaciers. In Antarctica, the ...

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Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” scientists have found, raising fears that future ...