A peer-reviewed study published in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health has been cited for documenting what its author described as the oldest known human remains on Antarctic soil. The ...

Scientists have discovered a rare red-coloured bacterium in an Antarctic lake that can survive extreme cold and intense UV radiation. The microbe could have important applications in biotechnology, ...

In a groundbreaking find, scientists have unearthed the oldest recorded air, trapped within Antarctic ice for an astonishing 6 million years. This discovery provides an unprecedented window into the ...

Scientists with the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre captured footage of a sleeper shark, one of the ocean's rare and mysterious long-lived species. Inkfish, UWA, Kelpie Geosciences Sharks can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A new study suggests Antarctic ice melt is being accelerated by a dangerous double force, with warming air ...

After a new upgrade, a neutrino observatory in Antarctica may identify dormant supermassive black holes within our galaxy.

A glacier in Antarctica about the size of Philadelphia lost half of its entire mass in just two months, according to a shocking new study. The alarming discovery of the Hektoria Glacier's stunning ...

The huge predator was caught swimming in waters 490 metres deep, at a temperature of 1.27C. According to the biologist, who is also the founding director of the University of Western Australia-based ...

A popular climate theory suggested that melting Antarctic glaciers would release iron into the ocean, sparking algae blooms that pull carbon dioxide from the air. New field data from West Antarctica ...

Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where gravity is slightly weaker than expected. Scientists have traced this “gravity ...