The Latest Breaking News from Antarctic

Antarctica is home to a peak shaped like a perfect pyramid — but contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, the mountain's four symmetrical faces were forged through natural processes.

A team of scientists have drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice that is at least 1.2 million years old.

Jonny Huntington is attempting to become the first disabled athlete to traverse all 566 miles from the tip of Antarctica to the South Pole

Air bubbles trapped in layers of ancient ice in Antarctica are being studied by scientists to better understand the impact of spikes in methane and carbon.

Particles recorded by scientists at the Chilean research station, the Profesor Julio Escudero Base, as recently as Sunday

Massive reductions in Antarctic sea ice in recent years has been correlated with more stormy days in the Southern Ocean, and could have implications for vital ocean currents.

From the Flask glacier to King George Island, intrepid researchers expect good cheer, snow and DIY ice-cream

Exploring high-speed data at the world’s coldest frontier, RUVDS aims for Antarctic breakthrough after North Pole test.

As the Atlantic grew wider, the ancestral population of all of today's oaks may have been straddling the continents of the Northern Hemisphere. If so, the ancestor of the oaks we know today was a widespread population that was cleaved in half as North America inched westward.