Jenny Blamey has spent years scraping bacteria from some of the coldest, most inhospitable corners of Antarctica. Now the ...

Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and does not rise above the horizon again until August. Without sunlight, ...

In Beacon Valley, one of the most Mars-like regions on Earth, Ariel Waldman reveals hidden ecosystems that persist despite ...

China drills 3,413 meters into Antarctic ice, opening a path to environments that have been sealed for millions of years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The waters around the Antarctic are extremely cold, and very few sharks can survive here. A southern sleeper shark has been ...

The New York Times went on an expedition to study Antarctica’s fastest-thinning glaciers. CreditCredit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times For much of January and February, Raymond Zhong, a New York ...

PARIS, France – The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife ...

Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals are now Endangered, as climate change melts sea ice and reduces food supplies, ...