Geopolitical ambitions threaten Antarctica's peace, driving resource interest and testing the 1961 Antarctic Treaty.

Emperor penguins are normally at home in the icy Antarctic, but earlier this month, a young penguin unexpectedly appeared ...

The discovery of a potential ancient ocean on Mars has profound implications for the ever-evolving search for ...

It's not clear how the juvenile male ended up so far north, but experts suggest he was motivated by his appetite ...

With the soft crunching of snow underfoot, Jordan walks steadily through the imposing ice structure, heading "towards the ...

New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by warming ...

A you-are-there documentary cuts between Ernest Shackleton's 1914 expedition, which was all filmed, and the 2022 attempt to ...

On Friday, an emperor penguin somehow waddled up onto the sand of Ocean Beach in Denmark, Western Australia. It swam from its ...

Researchers used biologging technology to analyse movements, activity patterns and eating habits of two species of Southern Ocean albatrosses to see how they responded to extreme weather. The study ...

Encounter whales (and whale sharks, too) in quiet, relaxing destinations like the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the ice caps and Baja California Sur.

Did you know Antarctica has some of the most extreme weather on Earth? Wind speeds there can reach an incredible 327 km/h ...