When people bring up their bucket list of places to travel, common answers like Miami or Paris or even Mardi Gras in New ...

Geopolitical ambitions threaten Antarctica's peace, driving resource interest and testing the 1961 Antarctic Treaty.

Wildlife officials are looking at options for the malnourished penguin's future and returning him home has not been ruled out ...

A vital glacier in western Antarctica appears to be smoking in a rare view captured by a NASA satellite earlier this month.

Video. In the extreme conditions of the Antarctica Ice Ultra, athletes pushed their limits, with Paul Johnston and Roberto ...

Emperor penguins are normally at home in the icy Antarctic, but earlier this month, a young penguin unexpectedly appeared ...

While Britain, Argentina, Australia, Norway, France, New Zealand and Chile have long held territorial claims over the vast ...

Ocean Beach is more than 3,540 km north of Antarctica. In a first sighting so far north, an emperor penguin appeared on a ...

The Associated Press has learned that two humpback whales were found dead and another seriously injured this year in huge ...

Fifteen competitors braved Antarctica's freezing cold to compete in a first-of-its-kind ultra-endurance race that began on Thursday around Ultima Base Camp, where temperatures plunged as low as -25°C ...

After washing up in Denmark on the southern coast of Australia after a 3,400km trip the penguin, given the name Gus, is being ...

This year's crop of Antarctic expeditions includes two ambitious crossings and a couple of different routes, including a ...