Polynesian explorers settled on a group of freezing sub-Antarctic islands in the 13th century after a “mind-blowing” voyage across the Southern Pacific Ocean, archaeologists have discovered.

World Heritage-listed Heard and McDonald islands are home to glaciers, wetlands, active volcanoes and an abundance of marine life. The subantarctic islands are a remote group located 4,000 ...

British Antarctic Survey scientists on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia are working to better understand the rich ...

Amazed Chilean scientists have identified a new bird species, the Sub-Antarctic rayadito in the Diego Ramirez Islands that lie 100 kilometers from southern Chile's Cape Horn. The small brown bird ...

The sub Antarctic islands are famous for the sanctuary they offer breeding sea birds and marine mammals, but it isn’t just animals that find a refuge here; the islands are also home to unique ...

Few people beyond shipwrecked sailors and a handful of intrepid scientists have set foot on the remote subantarctic island of Antipodes, 500km southeast of New Zealand. But after a necessarily ...

"The Subantarctic islands are remote, but the role they play in global conservation as the home for so many unique species can't be overstated," project manager Stephen Horn said. Million Dollar ...

Scientists on the remote sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia are working to better understand the rich marine life that inhabits the region. This ...

A major threat has been identified to an important World Heritage site, Campbell Island. The subantarctic wilderness lies ...