Scientists recently discovered that plant life is taking over the Antarctic Peninsula, turning the edges of a once-barren ...

From 1986 to 2021, moss-covered areas on the Antarctic Peninsula expanded from less than one square kilometer to nearly 12 ...

Pitching a tent at the edge of the world and studying perennial ice is something that is possible for schoolchildren and ...

Picture this: Gliding silently across the mirror-like surface of Antarctic waters, surrounded by towering icebergs that sparkle as if dusted with diamonds. The air is so crisp it’s almost musical, and ...

Icebergs float in Antarctic waters. Packing lists for people going to Antarctica tend to be gear-heavy, with a need for weatherproof clothing as well as gadgets that can make your trip more enjoyable.

Quark Expeditions helicopter pilot Jonathan Mutch is working his third season in Antarctica, flying high-paying tourists to some of the planet's remotest places. Mutch told Business Insider that ...

The Transantarctic Mountains divide Antarctica into East and West Antarctica ... Here, where extreme temperatures and aridity challenge life, microbes, fungi, and lichens survive, adapted to some of ...

A study on Lepraria lichens found they possess genes for sexual reproduction despite being thought entirely asexual. This challenges long-held beliefs and raises questions about their reproductive ...

Antarctica is losing ice quickly, in part because of climate change.Massive calving events, such as the one that formed the Delaware-sized (5,800 square kilometers, or 2,239 square miles) A-68 ...