The discovery, published in Nature Geoscience, reveals one of the largest deep-Earth structures ever mapped on the continent.

Buried way underneath Antarctica’s ice, researchers have found an enormous, continent-sized network of basins we never knew ...

Buried way underneath Antarctica’s ice, researchers have found an enormous, continent-sized network of basins we never knew ...

Three kilometers of ice can hide a lot, but not forever. Beneath East Antarctica, researchers have identified a ...

A team led by a geophysicist in Italy now believes that about 90% of Earth’s fresh water ice may not be on solid ground after ...

New discoveries reveal that Antarctica is far more dynamic than scientists once believed.

Scientists have discovered a colossal hidden structure beneath Antarctica that could reshape our understanding of the ...

A vast area of Antarctica that should be covered in winter sea ice is instead lying largely exposed to the ocean, alarming ...

A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ice reaching 20 meters up into the sky. It is cold. Survival is hard ...

My husband and I just marked a significant milestone by visiting our seventh continent together: Antarctica. During the past 20 years, our mutual love for exploration has taken us to every corner of ...

For over 60 years Antarctica has been a "veritable Shangri-La", said The Economist, "untouched by war, unspoilt by humans, where all nationalities are welcome". The treaty has "endured and expanded" ...

Navigating snow drifts, social isolation and elephant seals, sci-fi-inspired architect Hugh Broughton is reshaping life at the end of the Earth.