A parliamentary report has called on for a second icebreaking vessel and more reliable funding for Antarctic research.

A team of scientists from Bowling Green State University are currently en route to Antarctica in search of groundbreaking new data that could play a key role in the future of climate research.

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

“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.

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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 ...

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

Global team of researchers compile comprehensive picture of the species found in world's most remote continent A pioneering ...

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

An internet user claims to have discovered a shape in the Antarctic snow resembling an alien face. The satellite image ...