Bacteria living in the barren, ice-free soils of Antarctica have found a way to endure months of freezing darkness without sunlight or organic food. Instead of relying on photosynthesis, these ...

Scientists spent the first weeks of the year on an expedition to Antarctica to study Thwaites Glacier, which is melting at an alarming rate. If it breaks apart entirely, it could push up global sea ...

Javier Bardem is facing backlash after a seemingly casual afterparty moment turned into a viral talking point, with PETA ...

The plight of the emperor penguin might be more dire than previously thought. For the first time, scientists have used ...

Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and ...

Navigating monolithic icebergs, massive ocean waves and sub-zero snowstorms, CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator is a workhorse for Antarctic science. In just over 11 years and spread across seven ...

A $40 billion plan proposes massive desalination plants to save the Colorado River, but critics call it "crazy." ...

Why do desert foxes have huge ears while Arctic foxes don't? Learn how Allen's Rule explains the link between body shape and heat management.

An eight-week voyage to the bottom of the Earth helped the photojournalist Chang W. Lee better understand his late father.

In a series of experiments at Johns Hopkins University, Lily Zhao fired tiny samples of a microorganism with a room-sized gas ...

Beneath Taylor Glacier, several kilometres away from where Blood Falls emerges, there is a subglacial pool. It formed millions of years ago below hundreds of metres of ice. The water there has very ...