William Straka, associate researcher at Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, explains that since there was a full moon there was ... take a look ...

Technically a meltwater stream, the Onyx River flows for 32 kilometers (20 miles) – it’s nothing compared to the Nile ’s ...

Amber deposits have been discovered in Antarctica for the first time, meaning that the substance has now been found on every continent 1. Amber, which is produced when plant resins are fossilized ...

Melbourne, Australia — The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia was released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore on a popular tourist beach, officials said Friday.

China's Xuelong (Snow Dragon) ice breaker currently docked in New Zealand Chinese scientists are expected to conclude the most complete and precise map of Antarctica during their current ...

The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia has been released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore on a popular tourist beach MELBOURNE, Australia -- The only ...

It was a bright, sunny afternoon during the recent summer season in Antarctica when the Seabourn Pursuit cruise ship rammed into a sheet of sea ice in Hanusse Bay. The ship plowed forward ...

A vital glacier in western Antarctica appears to be smoking in a rare view captured by a NASA satellite earlier this month. The so-called “sea smoke,” isn’t actually smoke, it’s fog ...

A beachgoer at "a popular tourist beach in Denmark, Western Australia," noticed the out-of-place emperor penguin on Friday, Nov. 1 and alerted wildlife experts, the region's Department of ...

Two humpback whales were found dead and another seriously injured this year in huge nets used to collect krill for fishmeal and omega-3 pills near Antarctica, The Associated Press has learned.

On his voyage in 1892, Charles Darwin wrote, "On our weather-bow this notorious promontory in its proper form—veiled in a mist, and its dim outline ... land mass north of Antarctica." ...

The hole annually opens over the Antarctic at the southern pole and is much smaller than in most prior years, the NOAA announced. NOAA and NASA scientists estimate the ozone layer could fully ...