The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

New study offers evidence of prehistoric animal movement between Australia and South America via Antarctica

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling Lake Ontario in terms of size and volume.

Australia’s Antarctic territory represents the largest sliver of the ice continent. For decades, Australian scientists have headed to one of our three bases – Mawson, Davis and Casey – as well as the base on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, to research everything from ecology to climate science.

Feb. 8, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

The adult orcas swam around the ice demonstrating how to pull a seal off by its tail.

Maps created by combining different models of glaciers and ice sheets reveal the way water is flowing deep beneath Antarctica's ice.

Antarctica has been called the ‘final frontier’ for humanity’s understanding of life when dinosaurs roamed the planet

A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.

"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink into it, perhaps even descending far enough so as to be hidden below the surface?"

Environmental campaigner and first director of Greenpeace UK who was responsible for the 50-year moratorium on mining in Antarctica

Some remote regions will experience a partial solar eclipse on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. The best places to see it will be in Antarctica and New Zealand.