A lone emperor penguin was found malnourished on a popular beach after making the shocking 2,200 mile swim from Antarctica to ...

Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. Researchers have now made the southernmost discovery of amber in the world.

A man is preparing to run the world's most southerly post office in Antarctica - having never worked as a postie before.

A satellite orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth recently captured rare images of an atmospheric phenomenon that makes Antarctica glaciers appear to be smoking. The wisps of "sea smoke" blowing ...

In fact, the research showed that vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold over the last four decades. “The landscape is still almost entirely dominated by ...

In winter, Antarctica is covered by the world's largest ice sheet, spanning roughly 19 million square kilometres (7.3 million square miles). This remote, stunningly barren land holds the title of ...

In December, he will embark on a world-first expedition in Antarctica: an arduous sea-to-summit journey encompassing 600km of cross-country skiing, and a climb of almost 5,000m to the top of the ...

Xuelong 2, one of the ships from China's 41st Antarctic expedition team, departs on a nearly seven-month mission to Antarctica on November 1, 2024 in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province.

Even the world’s most successful wild animal isn’t safe from climate change. As Antarctic krill face unprecedented challenges in the Southern Ocean, a new project has been launched to better ...

The species is endemic to Antarctica but it is estimated three quarters of their icy breeding colonies are threatened by rising temperatures. The arrival of an emperor penguin in Denmark on ...

He just looked absolutely flawless.' Experts believe the emperor penguin travelled to Australia from its home in Antarctica, which is a staggering 2,134 miles away. This marks the longest journey ...

New data gathered by NASA shows that the ozone hole over the Antarctic this year was the seventh smallest since 1992. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA ...