Meet the world's 10 largest birds—from ostriches to emperor penguins—and discover where to find these giant species in the wild.

The unexploded ordnance beneath one of Antarctica’s many penguin colonies probably poses no risk to humans working nearby. While this may seem like a crazy sentence to write, it accurately reflects ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Satellite imagery has revealed a yet-to-be-explained rise in the Southern Ocean's salinity. It could be a key factor in the decline of the region's sea ice.

Scientific voyage to Antarctica reveals alarming consequences of summer sea ice loss on ecosystems and wildlife.

Antarctica is not just a land of ice and penguins; it's a place of extraordinary, mysterious discoveries that continue to ...

Developed by the Antarctic Heritage Trust and Auckland-based tech company StaplesVR, the first virtual reality experience of ...

The Nazca lived between 100 B.C. and A.D. 800 in what scientists call a tropical desert. Yet just offshore, the sea teemed ...

Antarctica has lost an alarming amount of sea ice in the last decade, estimated to be around 2 million square kilometres, enough to cover the entire area of Greenland.

A rare 1,600-year-old Nazca penguin vessel uncovers an ancient civilization's unexpected connection to the wildlife of Peru's coastal waters.

Animal species that live in environments as harsh as the Antarctic have many incredible adaptations to help them survive.

Emperor Penguin numbers are currently robust: The global population, entirely based in Antarctica, is estimated at 270,000 to 280,000 breeding pairs. The penguins breed between April and December on ...