Melting ice is adding freshwater to Antarctic coastal waters, where lower salt levels can disrupt marine animals and even ...

Scientists have often wondered about species that are unique to Antarctica. But the focus has mainly been on animals, like ...

Protecting Antarctic biodiversity also means protecting the biological history contained in a handful of soil." ...

Researchers found that 90% of more than 100 Antarctic Arthrobacter strains appeared nowhere else globally and grew slowly but ...

First-time expedition cruise to Antarctica departing from Ushuaia, Argentina. The voyage visits the Falkland Islands and ...

What you'll discover in this article ・Fossils footprints found in Antarctica date back 54 million years. ・“These are the ...

The color of penguin poop, as seen from space, is offering a new window into how Antarctica's ecology and environment are ...

H5 bird flu is expected to cause a massive die-off of Macquarie Island's elephant seals, many of which live near the base.

The emperor penguin, which can grow to about 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall, is the best-known penguin species, but 17 other ...

Penguin colonies are so large that their masses of excrement can be seen from space, offering scientists a useful means of ...

A posthumous award in medicine was given to the late Japanese physiologist Tokuji Unno for his landmark 1977 study on the ...