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Antarctica, the vast, icy continent at the southernmost part of the globe, continues to astonish scientists with terrifying new discoveries beneath its frozen surface. This video explores the hidden ...

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an ...

This was no ordinary expedition. It marked the first in-depth study of the geology, ocean conditions, and marine life beneath ...

According to the team, the data suggests that penguin poop may be helping reduce some of climate change’s effects on an ...

Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

In addition to low-lying valleys, covered lakes, and bizarre sub-glacial rivers, the Antarctic ice is also hiding massive ...

Tucked away on Goudier Island, Port Lockroy—better known as the Penguin Post Office—is Antarctica’s most charming outpost.

Travelers visiting Antarctica have helped scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography learn more about ...

Antarctica’s driest soils reveal thriving microbial life, ancient DNA, and complex ecosystems—reshaping what we know about ...

James  Witlow  Delano travels to Union Glacier to join scientists revealing how subtle shifts in ice and bedrock, are uncovering the planet’s climate future ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly rich microbial diversity thriving in some of the harshest soils on Earth — those of ...