First look at the island may offer the picture of a dead caldera but a closer look reveals that the caldera actually holds a ...

Imagine looking at the world through the stalked compound eyes of krill in the Southern Ocean. All of a sudden, a penguin ...

Scientists' yearlong study on Antarctic microbial communities reveals how climate change alters bacterial and phytoplankton ...

With his move 19 years ago to Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula, drilling through sea ice is no longer necessary for his colleagues to gain access to the sea floor. For McClintock, the icy ...

Current local time in Palmer (Antarctica/Palmer timezone). Get information about the Antarctica/Palmer time zone. Local time and date, DST adjusted (where ever daylight saving time is applicable) ...

This trip marks the 32nd time since January 1980 Margaret "Maggie" Amsler, M.S. will work in Antarctica with many of those expeditions based at Palmer Station. Palmer is a special place to her for ...

To test how krill respond to chemical evidence of nearby penguins, Hellessey and colleagues placed krill into an aquarium at Palmer Station on Antarctica’s Anvers Island. They then separated out ...

The NSF helps manage the three U.S. research bases in Antarctica that are staffed year-round: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, McMurdo Station and Palmer Station. From our morning news briefing ...

International cooperation, such as with the British Antarctic Survey and the colleagues in the US who worked at Palmer station and their home universities, is therefore crucial." More information ...

Just a faint whiff of penguin poop pushes their favorite prey to take "frantic" evasive action, reveals new research.

Palmer Station, one of three U.S. bases in Antarctica that are manned year-round. | Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler / LightRocket via Getty Images Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is ...