Antarctica, despite its harsh conditions, is home to unique species like leopard seals, emperor penguins, and icefish. These animals exhibit remarkable adaptations for survival, from the emperor ...

The Antarctic continent is cold, dark, and desolate for much of the year, so scientists want a cuddly feline companion to ...

Rising Sea Levels When you think about the ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, you're really looking at the biggest ...

Even now, more than 250 years on from the first documented journey into Antarctic waters, Antarctica remains a ... human explorers to its astonishing animal inhabitants ...

Either way, the continent at the bottom of our planet is 200 years old, so we thought we’d celebrate with some facts about the the coldest place on Earth. Antarctica was first sighted by humans ...

For many, it comes down to a simple toss-up between the hot ticket animals – the Arctic’s polar bears, walrus, Arctic fox and reindeer versus Antarctica’s penguins, albatross and elephant seals.

A wall of ice the size of Rhode Island is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals.

It's part of a broader research campaign to better understand changes to the nearby Denman Glacier — the fastest-melting glacier in East Antarctica. The deep field campsite at Bunger Hills ...