Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the Sun sets in April and ...

It is hard to believe that life can survive in Antarctica. Despite its harsh conditions, hardy flora and fauna do just that ...

The New York Times went on an expedition to study Antarctica’s fastest-thinning glaciers. CreditCredit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times For much of January and February, Raymond Zhong, a New York ...

Antarctica has been on the top of my dream wish list for decades now. But honestly I didn’t think I would ever have the opportunity to visit because I just didn’t know when I would have the tens of ...

Scientists recorded the first shark in Antarctic waters when a sleeper shark passed a deep-sea camera in near-freezing darkness.

The first icefish was discovered in 1927, swimming in the frigid waters of the southernmost extreme of the Earth, the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. This unique fish had a see-through body and ...

Underwater earthquakes in Antarctica can trigger massive phytoplankton blooms, linking deep-sea seismic activity to ocean ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Videos of cruise guests crossing the Drake Passage seem to go viral every few months: Viewers may have seen ships rocking back and ...