We take a look at a handful misconceptions about Antarctica, from its alleged populations of bears to its current ownership.

Has anyone ever asked you whether New Zealand is part of Australia — or where exactly it sits on the world map?

Earth’s eighth continent, Zealandia, has been largely unrecognized and “missing” from maps for 375 years. This mostly underwater landmass, spanning about 4.9 million square kilometers, challenges ...

Antarctica has moved to “the front of the line” as a global warming threat that’s already well beyond expectations, and it’s ...

Adventure travel has long captured imaginations, but cruising to destinations like Patagonia, the Galápagos, and the Amazon ...

When sea ice melts and refreezes, it stirs vortices that pull warm deep water up, eroding Antarctica's shrinking ice shelves.

Far beneath Antarctica’s ice and fringing seas, scientists have revealed a labyrinth of more than 300 hidden canyons that ...

Doha: In an extraordinary display of endurance, courage, and purpose, Nepali cyclist Niranjan Aryal has embarked on a solo bicycle journey spanning ...

Many people in the English-speaking world would have learned in school that there are seven continents: Asia, Africa, North ...

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 ...

What we cannot feel, we cannot legislate for. What we cannot sense, we will not account for. Art can widen our viewpoint.