Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. The ozone hole over Antarctica grows and closes up again each year – ...

In 2011, Chilean scientists exploring Antarctica found a strange, deflated, football-shaped object on Seymour Island and took ...

During recent Antarctic expeditions, researchers spotted a rare, poorly understood species: the Arnoux’s beaked whale, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Marine Mammal Science While ...

The first results of the pioneering scientific research project launched earlier this year have catalogued microplastic particles in the sea water, sediment and animals in Antarctica. (Image: IAEA) ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On March 18, 2022, scientists at the Concordia research station on the east Antarctic ...

Image source, Jialing Cai/The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census/Schmidt Ocean Institute A carnivorous "death-ball" sponge ...

MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has blocked the imports of a high-priced fish from protected waters near Antarctica, siding with U.S. regulators who argued they were required to block imports ...

In January, an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from a massive ice shelf in Antarctica, revealing an underwater world never before seen by humans. An international team of researchers in the ...