Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they ...

If you are planning a trip to one of the most remote destinations on the planet and want a story you will tell forever, ...

Many of us know Antarctica as a land of ice and not much else. But hidden beneath the miles of glaciers and ice sheets lies a landmass that was last exposed 40 million years ago. National Security ...

While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to ...

A frustrated Cook left the question of a southern land mass unanswered and ... between the ocean and atmosphere. Antarctic bottom water, which forms under sea ice and beneath ice shelves, is ...

The land underneath then lifts slightly ... ignoring volcanic risks hidden under the ice. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet poses a unique threat because most of it sits below sea level.

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...