An curved arrow pointing right. Scientists with the Australian Antarctic Division are testing Antarctica's waters for acidity, salinity, temperature, and oxygen content using underwater robots.

This sophisticated system provided high-definition video and still images, offering scientists an unprecedented glimpse into the mysterious underwater ... life in extreme environments. Antarctica ...

A weather-mapping system has captured a large wave anomaly between Antarctica and southern Africa for the second time in a ...

Our special report offers a rare look at life ... glow over the underwater landscape. And what a landscape! Only a few species of seals, penguins, and other birds live in East Antarctica, and ...

Antarctic: the coldest place on Earth and ... Gentoo penguins waddle on land but swim with pure grace underwater. They have streamlined bodies and strong, paddle-shaped flippers to help them ...

The near-complete fossil skull, unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, reveals a bird that thrived in the challenging waters off Antarctica roughly 69 million years ago, just three ...

Though field work in Antarctica requires a lot of adapting to harsh conditions, life inside a base can proceed as normal. Living in Antarctica also doesn't stop people from voting in presidential ...

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

Ice in Antarctica flows to the coast along glacier ... When they break, these internal waves cause the sea to mix and this affects life in the sea, how warm it is at different depths and how ...

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now Antarctica during the late Cretaceous period.

Scientists say a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica now represents the earliest known modern bird, shedding new light on the evolution of early avian species. The skull of Vegavis iaai, a ...

Royal Navy personnel are helping scientists warn of potentially catastrophic tsunamis by researching huge underwater volcanoes on the edge of Antarctica. Navy icebreaker HMS Protector has used her ...