Antarctica has lost 150 billion tons of ice mass on average every year. The thinning ice glaciers have raised alarms about ...

Many animals change landscapes by acting as ‘ecosystem engineers’. Protecting and restoring nature can help us become more ...

Underneath Antarctica’s endless sheets of ice lies a hidden world of deep valleys, towering peaks, and sprawling plains. For ...

These big babies can outweigh several of the most popular small car models. In fact, these titanic infants are the largest ...

In large part thanks to being in the right place at the right time, researchers discovered a thriving marine ecosystem ...

Climate change is also driving penguins to colonize new areas, or to stay in regions longer than they normally would, ...

By floating on a raft of downed trees and broken branches, according to a study published Monday in the journal PNAS. The ...

While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, the machine’s camera captured a creature that ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the most detailed map yet of what Antarctica looks like when you strip away ...

Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...

Here are eight animals species that probably live longer than human beings. Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. An elephant’s resting heart rate is typically between 25 and 35 beats per ...