An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ...

The story of India’s monsoon usually begins with the Himalaya. Geography textbooks repeat that the rising mountains blocked winds, drew in moisture, and gave birth to the seasonal rains. But a recent ...

The National Geographic Society is changing the world map. The 130-year-old exploration and education nonprofit marked World Oceans Day on Tuesday by declaring that the waters around Antarctica will ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest directly dated ice and air on Earth in East Antarctica, dating back six million years.

Geological observations of past ice sheet behavior enable us to refine physical models that predict how much, how fast, and from where Antarctic ice mass loss will contribute to future sea level rise.

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed the first fossil egg ever found in Antarctica. This remarkable find, ...

From personalized vaccines to next-generation screening technologies, the ways the world treats and detects cancer could shift dramatically in the coming years. But there are many challenges ahead, as ...

An underwater robot called Lassie has discovered "remarkable" icefish nests while searching for Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship, The Endurance.

THE most vexed question in antarctic geography has been the nature of the region west of South Victoria Land. D'Urville and Wilkes, who explored that region in 1838 and 1839, reported land in so many ...

Australia said on Friday that scientists had seen symptoms consistent with the destructive H5 bird flu strain on its ...