“Atmospheric rivers” are bringing rain to the frozen slopes of the West Antarctic ice sheet, hitting the ice shelves that ...

What is a continent? We think of it as a large body of land surrounded by the sea, aka, ocean. There are a few continent sized countries. Australia is the only continent that is also one country.

The world's smallest continent is on the move - creeping about 2.8 inches, or seven centimetres, a year towards southeast Asia.

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

When Eric Sun and Jennifer Liu, avid travelers who met in college, decided to marry, there was one continent left on their ...

The long-ignored continent of Zealandia has now been mapped and officially recognized as Earth’s eighth continent. Stretching over 4.9 million square kilometers, most of Zealandia lies beneath the ...

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica ...

Our scientists carry out globally significant research in one of the most challenging environments in the world, alongside ...

Discovered by the West not much more than 200 years ago, Antarctica’s history is unique when compared to the six other ...

A Google Earth sleuth claims to have found a figure that looks like an alien's face in the snow in Antarctica.  A satellite image shared on the r/strangeearth Reddit page last week has sparked ...

Harry Anderson of Bainbridge Island docked his 43-foot sailboat, Phywave, Jan. 29 in Fort Lauderdale, ending his sailing solo ...