The Latest Breaking News from Antarctic

Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent by size, so what's hiding under its massive sheaths of ice?

President Donald Trump has begun eroding the United States presence in Antarctica by announcing deep funding cuts to his nation’s science and logistics on the icy continent.

Uncovering the collapse of the British and Irish ice sheet could help predict what's in store for Antarctica.

Discovery could provide valuable clues as to how the climate crisis might affect Antarctica, says study

Scientists on an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica have recorded horrifying videos of parasitic copepods feasting on the head of a deep sea rattail fish.

Scientists are rethinking what we knew about a vanished ice sheet — and that could spell trouble for New York City.

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of metres below. These hidden waterfalls are a key part of the global ocean’s overturning circulation – a vast conveyor belt of…

In Antarctica’s freezing depths, tiny creatures have mastered survival tactics that could unlock secrets to extreme cold resistance, with implications for science and medicine. Some of the most intense battles against the environment are waged by the smallest of creatures.

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica’s deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what’s driving its ice loss.