Antarctica is the coolest place on Earth, literally. This icy continent stands out as one of the most unique and mysterious places on the planet, being that most people have never been there before.

Jane Younger receives funding from the Tawani Foundation, the British Ecological Society, and the National Geographic Society. Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like ...

In Antarctica, they're superfluous -- for both humans and penguins. The Chinstrap penguins we watch (so named because of their black markings that resemble a chin strap) effortlessly slide down a big ...

Contrary to media representations of the North Pole, no penguins live up there. The 17 penguin species (some scientists say there are 20) are spread out between Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Chile ...

To get to Australia, giant dinosaurs known as titanosaurs may have had to trek across an even more down-under continent: Antarctica. That’s the conclusion drawn by a new family tree for sauropods, a ...

The first-ever near-complete sauropod skull found in Australia is remarkably similar to fossils from South America, which suggests that dinosaurs roamed across ice-free Antarctica. When you purchase ...