University of Chicago paleontologist and author Neil Shubin has been on multiple expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. Those trips have produced groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of ...

Did you know that ice melt is a major indicator of climate change? 🌍 As we explore the facts about Greenland and Antarctica, ...

In a recovery-bound economy, it’s probably hard to sell vacations that cost up to $12,000 per person. But for a few Prior Lake families, the experience of exploring an unusual destination ...

In the U.S., bird flu headlines have focused on an unprecedented number of American cases and the impact of the virus on dairy cows and on poultry ...

Cold Waves in the Rainforest: What They Mean for Wild Animals Jan. 30 ... but more than a third of the species living today are severely threatened by overfishing and the loss of their habitat.

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end ...

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

I n the McMurdo Sound region of Antarctica, there lives a species of sponge known as the giant volcano sponge ( Anoxycalyx ...

What animals live in the coldest areas of the planet? We've done the research! Meet the animals thriving in earth's polar regions.

These birds live a large portion of their lives adrift ... that land creatures can all the more effectively arrive at the Arctic, not at all like Antarctica where animals should have the option to ...

Ben Norrish, Head of Vehicles, joined BAS in 2001 as a Mobile Plant Technician. He has since returned to Antarctica many times, having spent 16 Antarctic seasons living and working on the ice.