Feathers from three penguin species – Adelie, gentoo and chinstrap – were collected during the 2010-11 breeding season by ...

Rutgers research sheds light on the prevalence of mercury pollution in the world's polar regionsIn 1962, when ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

They use vehicle tracking and colored dials on its snowmobiles to monitor when and where they have toilet breaks. The post ...

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...

Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing ...

In the first study to consider the long-term evolution of the rivers that flow beneath glaciers, researchers have new ...

We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...