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, ...

It is hard to believe that life can survive in Antarctica. Despite its harsh conditions, hardy flora and fauna do just that ...

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

Antarctica’s frozen frontier is retreating, and the scale is far greater than many realize. Over the last several years, ...

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

After a new upgrade, a neutrino observatory in Antarctica may identify dormant supermassive black holes within our galaxy.

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

Antarctica’s hidden forces: Spanish scientist reveals to AS what decades of research are uncovering beneath the ice.

Antarctica has lost enough ice over the last 30 years to cover the City of Los Angeles area 10 times over, according to new ...

After analyzing three decades of satellite radar data, scientists have created the first continent-wide record of Antarctic ...

A UC Irvine-led study used international and commercial satellites to measure glaciers and found more than three-quarters of ...