A robotic expedition beneath Antarctica's Filchner Ice Shelf has revealed what researchers describe as an 'underwater city' ...

In January 2025, a massive event occurred at the Antarctic that changed what we know about life in the extreme cold. An ...

Millions of years before thick ice spread across the Northern Hemisphere, forces inside Earth lifted East Antarctica into a ...

It's just a question of whether we're fast enough to stretch out that loss to several thousand years versus dumb enough to ...

A pair of ‘super-puff planets’ lighter than a shaving foam or cotton candy have been discovered, researchers told Metro.

For a long time, the story seemed straightforward. As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels fell and the planet cooled, large ice ...

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 meters (171 feet) were it to fully melt. Yet scientists have been puzzled for decades ...

East Antarctica hosts the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing enough water to raise global sea levels by 52 metres, were it to fully melt. Yet it has puzzled scientists for decades how and why this ...

Scientists have solved the century-old mystery of Antarctica's Blood Falls, revealing how ancient iron-rich brine escapes from beneath Taylor Glacier.

Discovered in 1911, the rust-coloured waters of Blood Falls don't freeze because of their high salt content. Now, researchers have mapped the hidden channels beneath.

A fossil that was sitting in a collection drawer for decades has been found to belong to the first dinosaur remains ever discovered in Antarctica. The vertebra or backbone was found in 1985 by a ...