Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature's ...

Tens of millions of years ago, a diverse array of bird species soared, swam, and thrived amid their scaly reptile cousins—and ...

Stranded and waiting to be picked up in Antarctica, a group of marathon runners on Monday (December 15) decided to do the ...

Models suggest that clear ice, sourced and distilled on Mars, could offer a feasible alternative for building stable off-world structures.

The distinction between whether a breeding seabird is absent or just hidden from view is important, as it skews the accuracy ...

What you don't see is as important as what you do, when it comes to mapping Antarctic seabird breeding sites.According to ...

Glaciers are flush with microbial life. But, as climate change speeds glacial melting, scientists rush to establish microbial ...

An expedition searching for life around Antarctica has uncovered a strange new world — one teeming with creatures never seen before. Among them: a spherical, carnivorous sponge covered in thousands of ...

New research reveals that Antarctica is undergoing a series of rapid, interconnected shifts that could soon reshape the planet’s climate and oceans. Scientists warn these changes may already be ...

There's a robot roaming Antarctica. Its target? Emperor penguins. Emperor penguins are the world's biggest penguin species and live exclusively in the Antarctic. According to Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great ...