Scientists have uncovered human remains beneath the Antarctic ice, a discovery that has the potential to reshape our ...

Nearly 600 years ago, a massive volcanic eruption sent clouds of sulfurous gas and ash high into the atmosphere. The blast ...

Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica, have revealed the ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains ...

In the far reaches of Antarctica, a discovery on Seymour Island has jolted paleontology: a giant, soft-shelled egg from the ...

A researcher believes he's cracked the mystery behind the sinking of Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary ship Endurance. Part of one of the most famous Antarctic expeditions in history, Endurance set ...

Antarctica sits on a hotbed of methane gas. The cracks erupting in its seafloor are causing it to burst out and rise to the ...

Researchers were working off the coast of Antarctica when it happened: A gigantic iceberg about 19 miles long cracked off the ice sheet on Jan. 13, revealing a swath of ocean that had not seen ...

For now, the reasons behind Shackleton's decision to sail Endurance into the Antarctic ice pack remain a mystery. "We can speculate about financial pressures or time constraints, but the truth is we ...

The remains of a British researcher who vanished in 1959 in Antarctica when he was 25 years old were discovered amid rocks near a receding glacier and identified using DNA analysis, the British ...

The British Antarctic Survey announced that the remains of 25-year-old meteorologist Dennis "Tink" Bell were found 66 years after his disappearance. Although Bell’s remains were recovered in January, ...