Discover the remarkable bird fossil from Antarctica that is rewriting the story of bird evolution. Learn how this 69-million-year-old bird challenges previous theories.

The Antarctic Treaty System has been long heralded as a model of international cooperation. It has successfully maintained ...

This evidence comes from a nearly complete, 69-million-year-old skull of an extinct bird, named Vegavis iaai.  The fossil ...

An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat.

UAF scientists have found microplastics in all marine species they’ve studied so; new results show transfer from mother seals ...

Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching ...

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

A zero pressure NASA balloon in Antarctica of the type that could be used by the LSU-led team would ... [+] use to study nearby red dwarf stars. Some 75 percent of all stars in the solar ...

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps. This is the first time these tiny pieces of plastic ...

Last year, Wallpaper* went on a global gift-shopping spree for the R Finds store. Working as browsers and buyers on behalf of Renaissance Hotels’ new digital marketplace, we were on the hunt for stuff ...

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent might have been just that for the early ancestors of today’s living ...