Four uncrewed Saildrone Explorer vessels will take turns circling Antarctica over the next five years, each logging about ...

Antarctic sea ice reached its third-lowest winter maximum in 2026, extending a remarkable decline that began after years of ...

Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is even more dangerous than scientists had previously thought, a new study has found.

Thousands of Adélie penguins found dead in Antarctica in 2024 were primarily victims of avian cholera, not high pathogenicity ...

Most of the frozen water has vanished because glaciers have been flowing faster into the ocean, rather than because of surface melting of ice sheets, according to a new study. Researchers estimate the ...

Snow algae can produce striking red or green patches across the Antarctic landscape, depending on their growing conditions.

Explorer Ramón Larramendi will lead an 80-day, 3,400 km South Pole expedition in a kite-powered vehicle that can travel up to ...

The small aircraft have a long journey ahead of them - follow their progress on the Simple Flying Flight Tracker.

Polynyas are patches of open water surrounded by sea ice, where heat and moisture can pass freely between the ocean and ...

The Wilkes Subglacial Basin is a huge depression in the bedrock beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Although it is one of ...