While Britain, Argentina, Australia, Norway, France, New Zealand and Chile have long held territorial claims over the vast ...

The amber, excavated from Pine Island Bay in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, provides a unique snapshot of life in prehistoric ...

Atmospheric carbon dioxide was high in the Cretaceous, making the world in general a warmer place. Moreover, the lack of an ...

Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. Researchers have now made the southernmost discovery of amber in the world.

Until recently, a gap existed in the world map of amber discoveries: the Antarctic continent. But that gap has finally been ...

An emperor penguin that appeared on an Australian beach journeyed over 2,000 miles from its native Antarctica in what could ...

Geopolitical ambitions threaten Antarctica's peace, driving resource interest and testing the 1961 Antarctic Treaty.

Saudi Arabia and even Iran are looking to secure a foothold on the continent. Calls to modernise the treaty to create a new global agreement for governing Antarctica would require unanimous ...

As Antarctica warms due to climate change, an unexpected phenomenon is occurring: the “greening” of the continent.

Around 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees, allowing them to grow ...

ANTARCTICA — A Belmont woman recently competed in a marathon, but not just any marathon, an ultra-marathon in Antarctica.