A small, autonomous robot disappeared beneath the Antarctic ice for eight months and then reappeared with measurements from a ...

And so, the Argo float’s trip under the ice turned out to be an incredibly lucky accident. During an eight-month period, the ...

A small robotic float slipped under the Antarctic ice, vanished from contact for eight months, and then resurfaced with a ...

A strategic advantage in Antarctica could give China a critical advantage in space—as well as the opportunity to exploit the continent’s vast untapped natural resources.

Think Antarctica is always a frozen wonderland? Think again. Our southernmost continent is experiencing a surprising summer-like spell — in the dead of winter. East Antarctica, which makes up most of ...

To survive the bitter cold, Antarctica’s native residents adorn themselves with thick layers of fat and fur. A non-biting ...

Thanks to an underwater survey robot, oceanographers are getting the first-ever readings collected from underneath East ...

A global research team led by researchers from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in brown skua populations on Bird Island, South Georgia—the first known cases in the Antarctic region. Following reports of several ...

Global warming is putting the continent’s ice at risk of destruction in many forms. But one especially calamitous scenario might be a less pressing concern, a new study found. By Raymond Zhong Earth’s ...

The peninsula region experienced temperatures near 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Images out of a northern region of Antarctica show a landscape nearly devoid of ice and snow after record-setting temperatures ...

A huge ice sheet appears to have melted about 120,000 years ago, when temperatures were similar to those on Earth today, according to a DNA study that mapped octopus movements. By Delger Erdenesanaa ...