A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...

Scientists track Antarctic krill via satellite to monitor ocean health amid climate change and fishing threats.

Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native ...

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai—an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

Lisa Werner, a music teacher at St. Bruno Parish School in Dousman, traveled last year to Antarctica thanks to a teaching ...

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.

A 69-million-year-old Antarctic fossil proves some birds thrived before the dinosaurs’ extinction, reshaping avian evolution ...

Scientists have made an exciting discovery—a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica is the oldest known modern bird.

A team of marine biologists in Tenerife, Canary Islands, have caught on video a rare black devil fish for the first time in ...

An artist’s interpretation of Vegavis iaai diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with ammonites and plesiosaurs for company.

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