The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which ...

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is ...

In addition to low-lying valleys, covered lakes, and bizarre sub-glacial rivers, the Antarctic ice is also hiding massive mountain ranges. The Gamburtsev Mountains are roughly equivalent in scale to ...

Today, it supports scientists from dozens of universities, researching things like how krill — a critical food source for Antarctic wildlife — are becoming more scarce. It's creating ripple ...

In Antarctica's freezing depths, tiny creatures have mastered survival tactics that could unlock secrets to extreme cold resistance, with implications for science and medicine. Some of the most ...

Perhaps among the most dominant animals in the Antarctic, and indeed anywhere on the planet, are the nematodes. This is a small worm-like animal, that lives in and on top of the soil. Some species ...

Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs took aim at an unlikely party: Antarctic wildlife. The president ... The White House confirmed to BI that the islands were hit with the new tariffs because ...

Shrimp krill scrape algae growing on the underside of Antarctic ice. If krill is the staff of life for the baleen whales of the Southern Ocean—if these great animals are just so much recycled ...

The iceberg A23a did not exactly smack into the remote wildlife-rich island of South ... Vast slabs of ice are constantly breaking off Antarctica's ice shelves but most splinter into fragments ...

The target of the new research effort is Antarctic krill, which are just a couple of inches long and one of the most abundant and important animals on the planet. Marine wildlife - including ...

Exploring Antarctica is one of the world’s great adventures but getting there can be a challenge, especially for the time pressed and those averse to rough water. But there is a new, easier option.