Tourists aboard a cruise to Antarctica had a front row seat to the cruel realities of nature recently, as they watched a pod ...

A robotic ocean float was lost under the Antarctic ice for eight months, but it miraculously reappeared, bearing some ...

Scientists recorded a total-column ozone concentration of 102 Dobson units, the 8th-lowest level since 1986.

Tom Hunt's attempt to break Vincent Colliard's blistering Hercules Inlet to South Pole speed record has come up short by ...

The clocks aboard our icebreaker will be changed several times en route to Antarctica. It’s one of many things that make the ...

Krill – the small, shrimp-like crustacean – is a keystone species. It underpins the marine ecosystem of the Southern ...

The Shirase began transferring fuel, observation equipment and other supplies to the research base on Saturday night.

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they ...

A short ocean video has suddenly caught everyone’s attention online. People are sharing it again and again because it shows a ...

Japan's Antarctic research vessel Shirase carved its way through sea ice and reached a fast ice berthing point about 1,700 meters off Japan's Showa Station at 12:44 p.m. on Saturday. The waters around ...

Scientists are racing to gather crucial population data on penguins and other seabirds, ahead of the expected arrival of ...

In the past, when West Antarctica melted, there was a rapid uptick in onshore geological activity in the area.