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

China and Norway are working to expand the Southern Ocean krill fishery, promoting a new management system for the fishery ...

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

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

Ancient Antarctic Sea Monster May Have Laid This Football-Size Egg. A 68 million-year-old egg the size of a football — the largest soft-shelled egg on record and the second largest egg ever discovered ...

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

Fossil egg found in Antarctica suggests marine reptiles laid eggs, challenging previous beliefs about ancient life.

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.