A new map of Antarctica’s seafloor reveals a vast and previously overlooked network of 332 submarine canyons, some plunging ...

Unveiling a new chapter in the understanding of Antarctica’s hidden waterways, scientists have discovered 85 ‘active’ lakes buried beneath the continent’s icy exterior. This groundbreaking discovery ...

Some subglacial lakes in Antarctica are stable, meaning they do not drain and refill. An example is Lake Vostok, which sits beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet and holds more than enough water to ...

A massive newly discovered lake may lie below the surface of Antarctica’s ice sheet, according to researchers. “We’ve seen these strange, linear channels on the surface, and are inferring these are ...

Beneath the ice of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, scientists discovered a vast, organized city of fish nests revealed after the colossal A68 iceberg broke away. Using robotic explorers, they found over a ...

The icy world of Antarctica might not be enticing to us, but it's bustling with microscopic life. Scientists recently got a detailed glimpse at the genetics of a diverse range of microorganisms hidden ...

Although they haven't found older continuous ice yet, their survey revealed new insights about the geologic processes happening under the Antarctic ice sheet and how ice is moving around beneath it.

Discovered: Life in Antarctic ice; how owls twist their necks like that; the flu came early this year because of a warm winter; cats and humans are very alike (when it comes to a form of epilepsy).

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old. The goal of the French duo is to better ...