The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. But it would be ...

Laurent Ballesta (France) endures below-freezing dives to reveal the diversity of life beneath Antarctica’s ice. Picking its way across ice crystals in this stunning image is a giant Antarctic sea ...

What are the top facts about the ocean? While much is known about the ocean, a large part of it remains unknown. Here are fun facts about it for people of all ages.

New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species ...

Standing on the deck of RV Tangaroa, a deepwater research vessel in the Ross Sea in Antarctic waters, marine scientist Sherine Sonia Cubelio squinted her eyes across the horizon. A dazzling view ...

Scientists have successfully analyzed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, which will prove useful to measure future impacts of ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico ...

From here, Antarctica is approximately 48 hours by sea. The cruise navigates through the legendary Drake Passage, leading you into a breathtaking realm of vast ice sheets and towering icebergs.

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the ... the vast landscape of the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. The first person to ...

PARIS-Antarctic sea ice rebounded in December after a long period of record lows, US scientists said, giving pause to speculation that Earth’s frozen continent could be undergoing a permanent ...