The environment is changing rapidly around the melting Thwaites Glacier. Seals can collect data in waters that ships could ...

If a cruise to Antarctica is on a traveler’s bucket list, they’ll likely need to cross the notoriously treacherous Drake ...

After years of work building an exquisitely sensitive instrument, University of Chicago scientists stood and watched as it flew up and out of sight into the fiercely blue Antarctic sky. Launched on ...

The moon will pass directly in front of the sun on Feb. 17, setting the stage for a dramatic annular solar eclipse.

A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might ...

At the edge of Antarctica’s Taylor Glacier, a bright red stream pours out onto stark white ice, looking uncannily like blood. Known as Blood Falls, this phenomenon has unsettled explorers and puzzled ...

If you’ve been following Miles O’Brien’s reports from Antarctica, you know he’s with an international group of researchers ...

The Discovery Building features a wind deflector that prevents snow from piling up next to the building. It could change how we build in harsh climates. It has been two weeks since Winter Storm Fern ...

Louis Etienne and his crew of eight scientists this week began an expedition to the remote waters of Antarctica, where they hope to gather a wealth of data to demonstrate the benefits of creating ...

The U.S. conducted its first inspection of a Chinese Antarctic station in six years to verify it was being peacefully used.

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has launched a New Year’s push to find people to work at its research stations in Antarctica. Scientists and researchers are in demand, but they are also on the hunt ...