After visiting all seven continents in a year, I'd go back to countries like Australia and Turkey, but I'd skip return trips ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday returning from a 220-day mission on the International Space Station.

In Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth's Sci-Fi classic, "The Space Merchants," governments have been replaced by powerful ...

The Heard and McDonald Islands have no permanent human residents, but they are home to millions of penguins, seals, and other ...

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National Geographic has launched ourHOME Sweepstakes for Earth Month in which anyone can win a 12-day expedition cruise to Antarctica in celebration of Earth Day and National Geographic's commitment ...

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Crowds of tourists bound for Antarctica have brought prosperity to Argentina’s southernmost city, but the boom is also ...

On January 13, when an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from Antarctica’s immense George VI Ice Shelf, scientists in a nearby research vessel did something nobody had ever done.