Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

The rift stretches for 100 miles and is 1,800 feet at its deepest, and right on the edge is Fish River Lodge, a haven for ...

Antarctica is a harsh continent, which in both history and fiction can trigger disturbing behavior and even madness.

A new study investigates how much of the phytoplankton in the Palmer Deep submarine canyon is homemade and how much is ...

A study co-led by Irina Gorodetskaya, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), brings together all up-to-date data on the phenomenon of ...

Somewhere between Google Earth glitches and ancient prophecy, a new kind of internet mystery has taken hold. It doesn’t come ...

About 4,000 scientists travel around the vast, ice-covered continent of Antarctica each year to look at topics ranging from climate change to the search for dark matter, and prior to 2007, they were ...

People have rushed to social media to ask questions after spotting one unusual detail on a live FlightRadar plane tracker map ...

Here, the new satellite reveals stunning variety within the tropical forest landscape. Green hues indicate forested areas; ...

The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.