Scientists found patches on the Antarctic seafloor called "seeps" where fluid and gas move up through sediments and into the ...

A massive, mysterious fossil unearthed in Antarctica has been identified as the first fossilized egg ever found on the continent and the largest soft-shell egg known to science. The find rewrites what ...

The constant changes in the methods of study and exploration of the planet mean that evidence of life on Earth is being found ...

"Warmth from the global ocean is now mixing into the water that's closest to Antarctica," said Ted Scambos, senior research ...

Scientists have uncovered human remains beneath the Antarctic ice, a discovery that has the potential to reshape our ...

Scientists have uncovered the oldest known fossilized animal sperm, found preserved in a 50-million-year-old cocoon from Antarctica. This unprecedented finding pushes back the timeline of such ...

Researchers found tiny amber pieces in Antarctica’s seafloor. The discovery proves the continent once had forests.

Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica, have revealed the ...

A team led by Associate Professor of Anthropology Sabrina Curran discovered new evidence of hominin activity in Europe, ...

REYKJAVÍK, Iceland — Iceland has confirmed its first wild mosquitoes, ending the island nation's status as one of the last ...

On Oct. 27, 1915, after being caught and crushed by packed ice for nine months in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica, Ernest Shackleton and his crew abandoned the Endurance and their quest to traverse the ...