There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

As the planet heats up and Antarctica’s ice sheet melts at a faster pace, scientists warn of a steady rise in sea levels.

Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...

The world's biggest iceberg, which is almost four times the size of Canberra, has run aground near a remote island off ...

Antarctica — which is one and a half times the size of Canada — has been governed by a treaty of nations. But with rising ...

A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...

The British Antarctic Survey have released the most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet ...

Peter Fretwell, mapping specialist and co-author at BAS, said it had become clear that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker ...

Scientists' yearlong study on Antarctic microbial communities reveals how climate change alters bacterial and phytoplankton ...

Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the ...

New Zealand media hyped that China plans to "construct its second base on the New Zealand side of Antarctica." A Chinese ...