For the last year and a half, Americans have watched and worried as H5N1 bird flu racked dairy herds and killed hundreds of ...

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 ...

You can’t accuse those who title “NOVA” episodes of burying the lede with “Ancient Desert Death Trap.” There are mysteries afoot, for sure. But a viewer will have the unavoidable suspicion that doom ...

Experience a unique Antarctic flight aboard a Hi Fly A340 chartered by White Desert Antarctica, traveling from Cape Town to Wolf’s Fang Runway. The flight lasts approximately 5 hours and 15 minutes, ...

Antarctica covers more than 5 million square miles - yet almost no one is allowed to explore it freely. From international treaties and military zones to deadly weather and hidden research bases, the ...

Erin Poff is a development writer in the donor relations department at The Heritage Foundation. After almost 20 years, PBS is reviving its fan-favorite “Reading Rainbow” kids educational show—this ...

Hidden beneath the biggest ice mass on Earth, hundreds of subglacial lakes form a crucial part of Antarctica's icy structure, affecting the movement and stability of glaciers, and consequentially ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The bottom of the world is front and center for a partial solar eclipse next week. Antarctica, New Zealand and a sliver of Australia are in prime position as the moon slips ...

Scientists found a sea creature with “large” pores on its throat off of Antarctica and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Derek Oyen via Unsplash Off the coast of Antarctica, ...

New research has revealed that East Antarctica’s vast and icy interior is heating up faster than its coasts, fueled by warm air carried from the Southern Indian Ocean. Using 30 years of weather ...