Despite surprising recent ice gains, the frozen continent remains in a perilous balance as warmer seas continue to erode the Antarctic Ice Sheet from below.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Antarctica's first amber reveals a 90-million-year-old conifer rainforest that once grew near the South Pole. (CREDIT: DeviantArt) ...

Antarctica has long been treated as a frozen constant, a white backdrop to the planet’s climate drama rather than its main stage. Now a series of discoveries from the bottom of the world is forcing ...

Biologists have uncovered a unique ensemble of Arthrobacter in Antarctic soil that are unlike microbes found anywhere else on ...

A rare fossil discovery in Antarctica has upended scientific understanding of ancient marine reptiles. Buried beneath 68 million years of sediment, a soft-shelled egg as big as a football has emerged ...

Two important concepts in evolutionary biology, mutualism and altruism, were first made famous by the colorful anarchist prince Peter Kropotkin. He argued that cooperation could be an equally powerful ...

Researchers recently discovered that a long-misidentified Antarctic “danger zone” was actually an island — and have now mapped it for the first time. The discovery was announced in an April press ...

Polar Journal AG has launched a new digital platform aimed at exploring and studying polar sciences. This platform offers a space for researchers, enthusiasts, and curious individuals who are ...

Amber usually brings to mind tropical forests, trapped insects, and warm landscapes. That is what makes the new Antarctic find so striking. Buried beneath the Amundsen Sea, tiny resin fragments now ...