Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and does not rise above the horizon again until August. Without sunlight, ...

Amidst the rapid melting of the planet's ice coverage due to climate change, one continent has lost an amount of grounded ice ...

When scientists look at the effects of a warming planet on wildlife, the news is almost universally grim. Animals and plants are falling out of sync with each other. Ecosystems are fraying. Coral ...

Bacteria living in the barren, ice-free soils of Antarctica have found a way to endure months of freezing darkness without ...

ANTARCTICA (AP) — The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote places on Earth, but that doesn't mean it is tranquil. Tumultuous waves that can swallow vessels ensure that the Antarctic Peninsula has ...

Turkish scientists say research shows risks in Antarctic region from diseases carried by migratory birds to plastic waste ...

Deep beneath Antarctica’s ice, scientists have uncovered a geological archive that could reshape predictions of future sea-level rise.

Scientists spent the first weeks of the year on an expedition to Antarctica to study Thwaites Glacier, which is melting at an ...

The New York Times went on an expedition to study Antarctica’s fastest-thinning glaciers. CreditCredit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times For much of January and February, Raymond Zhong, a New York ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study from Australian scientists reveals that melting Antarctic ice shelves and shifting sea ice near Cape Darnley can ...

Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where ...

An ice covered rock formation is reflected in the waters at Pleneau Island in Antarctica on Nov. 24. ANTARCTICA — The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote places on Earth, but that doesn’t mean it ...