In the frozen vastness of Antarctica, a decades-long mystery has finally been resolved, bringing closure to a family and ...

Soaring numbers of tourists and expanding research projects are increasingly polluting Antarctica, scientists warned ...

Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents — a great sheet of ice set in contrast to the dark waters of the encircling Southern Ocean. Get closer, though, and you’ll ...

Antarctica is nearing an irreversible tipping point, with ice loss, ocean changes, and wildlife collapse threatening the ...

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the ...

Ethan Guo, a content creator, said that he has been effectively trapped at a Chilean base since June. The authorities had ...

Guo's attorney said the pilot received "explicit, direct permission" to land at a Chilean base. But upon landing, Guo was ...

Many ships have tried to reach the floating tongue of Thwaites Glacier—a 130-kilometer-wide conveyor belt of ice that slides ...

The precious Antarctic ice undergoes a series of destructive crush experiments under the watchful eye of earthquake and rock ...

How long tubes of mud - drilled out of the Antarctic seafloor - could reveal how the frozen continent is changing.

Teenager Ethan Guo's record-breaking solo flight around the world was halted in Antarctica, where he faces charges for ...

Dennis “Tink” Bell was 25 years old when he fell into a crevasse on King George Island. Over the decades, a glacier receded, ...