The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

The Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica is the world’s largest feeding ground for baleen whales – species like humpbacks that filter tiny organisms from seawater for food. In the 20th century, whalers killed roughly 2 million large whales in the Southern Ocean. Some populations, like the Antarctic blue whale, were reduced…

Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free?

At this time of year, as the sun rises over Antarctica, a “hole” opens up in Earth’s ozone layer.

New data reveals the virus has spread to endangered species in Antarctica – yet the H5N1’s risk to biodiversity, farming and human health is little explored

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier got its nickname the “Doomsday Glacier” for its potential to flood coastlines around the world if it collapsed.

Antarctica could be under threat from the arrival of non-native species and marine pollution from Southern Hemisphere landmasses, say Australian researchers.

The remote icy wilderness at the bottom of the world is exposed to pollution and foreign organisms on floating ocean debris.

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier got its nickname the “Doomsday Glacier” for its potential to flood coastlines around the world if it collapsed. It is already contributing about 4% of annual sea-level rise as it loses ice, and one theory suggests the glacier could soon begin to collapse into the ocean like…

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Influx of highly pathogenic strain a case of ‘not if, but when’ and could devastate native wildlife, experts say

Scientists are preparing for the possibility a deadly strain of avian influenza arrives in Australia's Antarctic territories as soon as spring.