Antarctica also has sea ice, cold temperatures and seals. So why aren't there polar bears on the southernmost continent? The answer has to do with the evolution and geological history of the Earth.

Now researchers at Japan's Osaka University have uncovered the physiological mechanism behind Belgica antarctica's mastery of the cold - one that's never been observed in any other species. Like ...

Polar bears live in the frozen Arctic landscape, the northernmost point on the planet. They are not found in Antarctica, even though the North and South poles are both snow-covered, icy-cold ...

Ukrainian polar researcher Yurii Lyshenko was in Antarctica when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Upon coming back to Ukraine, he joined the Armed Forces. Yurii sustained a severe ...

A polar bear's skin is actually black. Its thick white fur provides camouflage and helps keeps it warm. The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was at a research station in Antarctica in ...