Antarctic sea ice is shrinking faster than expected. New research shows how winds, ocean heat, and feedback loops caused this ...

Greater protections for endangered emperor penguins and how to manage growing tourism are topping the agenda at talks on Antarctica in Japan.

In Antarctic waters, an international fishery targets krill, shrimp-like crustaceans that form massive schools and support the continent’s iconic wildlife. Krill meal and oil is used primarily in the ...

A species of gentoo penguin previously unknown to science came as the result of an in-depth genetic analysis across 10 ...

The legendary broadcaster has spent his life documenting the world’s most impressive natural spectacles — from his first ...

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the ...

Antarctica is being ravaged by a triple-whammy of climate chaos that has melted sea ice to record lows, a new study has ...

Hidden warm-water traps beneath Antarctica may be melting the continent’s ice far faster than scientists realized.

Scientists have uncovered a hidden Antarctic threat that could accelerate global sea level rise far faster than expected.

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from rapid ice melting, but then sea ice began to decline dramatically.

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that helped release long-stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Deep-sea ...

When the Atlantic herring colonized the Baltic Sea thousands of years ago, it needed to adapt to the low salinity. Genes with ...