Despite Antarctica not belonging to any state, as many as seven countries have made historical territorial claims on it.

One of the most vast glaciers in Antarctica, the Doomsday Glacier, has got an international team of scientists concerned ...

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.

Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...

Australia's Antarctic territory represents the largest sliver of the ice continent. For decades, Australian scientists have ...

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

The Thwaites Glacier is one of many bodies of ice that are melting, but this massive, Antarctic glacier is uniquely important when it comes to sea level rise. “We’re talking a ...

What's the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment.

Research scientists in remote locations need to get creative in order to follow their favorite teams, even when they don’t ...