Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

Beneath the vast white continent, several kilometres below, numerous active volcanoes, such as Mount Erebus, could accelerate ...

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

Almost a century after the colossal squid was first discovered, a juvenile was filmed and photographed in its natural habitat ...

Antarctica surprised scientists with a record increase in glacier mass from 2021 to 2023. Does this indicate climate ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to adapt to one of the world’s most extreme environments.

Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been ...

From aboard a research vessel near Antarctica, scientists watched the camera feed from a submersible thousands of feet below. A ghostly, transparent deep-sea squid suddenly appeared on the screen.

Researchers collected strange sea animals, including poisonous sea pigs and hand-sized sea spiders, while sailing to the ...

What particularly interested Cameron—himself a pioneer in underwater and deep-ocean filmmaking technology —were the custom ...