Travel, the saying goes, broadens the mind. But it's not just the act of travelling itself - it's the planning too.

Researchers may have detected bird flu on an Australian sub-Antarctic island after an “unusual number of deaths of baby ...

Have you ever wondered how some life forms keep going in places so cold we’d call them frozen? Places humans wouldn't dare ...

The Australian government says it's "disappointed" after an international conservation meeting in Hobart failed to reach agreement on improved protection measures in Antarctica.

Approximately 71% of Earth’s surface is covered in water. Five main bodies make up the world’s oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, ...

Norway proposed almost doubling the catch limit for krill in the Southern Ocean during the annual conference of the ...

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...

The search for a famed polar exploration shipwreck led researchers to discover geometric patterns created by fish on the Antarctic seafloor.

Beneath the ice of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, scientists discovered a vast, organized city of fish nests revealed after the ...

A trip to Antarctica promises scenery, nature, and seclusion unlike anywhere else on earth. It also promises a hefty price ...

Every life must have an end, yet some species stretch that limit farther than we ever thought possible. Scientists have found ...