Researchers aboard the RSV Nuyina are on a two-month mission to better understand a massive Antarctic glacier. Australian Antarctic Division Armed with lab equipment and two months of food and clothes ...

Antarctica is one of the most remote and harsh areas on the planet, which makes it very difficult to study. If a scientist wants somewhere that is even harder to explore, all they need to do is look ...

Climate change has caused massive problems for animals living in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic. With ice sheets melting at ...

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

When scientists look at the effects of a warming planet on wildlife, the news is almost universally grim. Animals and plants ...

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ANTARCTICA -- Australian scientists happened upon a unique animal dubbed the "headless chicken monster" during a recent expedition to test new underwater camera technology. The animal, also nicknamed ...

Navigating monolithic icebergs, massive ocean waves and sub-zero snowstorms, CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator is a ...

In October, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) convened in Australia. AWI is a member of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), an alliance ...

One of the largest and oldest icebergs is now melting very quickly, ending its 40-year journey across the southern ocean.