Scientists are always baffled when odd animals show up in unlikely places, especially without a logical explanation. That is ...

Researchers discovered an Antarctic subglacial river almost as tall as a 30-story building and as wide as a city block.

For the first time, Antarctic krill have been found on seafloor vents. One scientist is working to figure out what they are ...

Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be triggered with very little ocean warming above present-day, leading to a devastating four meters of global sea level rise to play out over hundreds of ...

Arctic sea ice extent in May declined at a slightly faster pace compared to average. In Antarctica, the Bellingshausen Sea ...

In 1940, the American Antarctic Snow Cruiser set out as the ultimate mobile base designed to conquer one of the harshest ...

A study co-led by Irina Gorodetskaya, a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine and Environmental Research ...

Almost all life in the ocean depends on the upper waters where sunlight filters in, known as the photic zone – but new ...

An Australian Antarctic expedition researching melting ice shelves and ocean currents has found phytoplankton in the depths ...