The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

Iceberg B-22A, which first broke off from Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier in 2002, is finally moving away from the South Pole after being freed from its seafloor tether.

The rhythmic expansion and contraction of Antarctic sea ice is like a heartbeat.

The first-ever near-complete sauropod skull found in Australia is remarkably similar to fossils from South America, which suggests that dinosaurs roamed across ice-free Antarctica.

Looking out across the Southern Ocean near Antarctica, I can see whales and seabirds diving in and out of the water as they feed on sea life in the lower levels of the food web. At the base of this food web are tiny phytoplankton – algae that grow at…

In the past two years, the ice around Antarctica has been at record lows - and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Sediments from the last ice age provide a ‘warning from the past’ for Antarctica and sea level rise today, say scientists

More than half of incidents reported in the survey occurred in Antarctica.

Antarctica's sea ice recently shrank to its lowest extent since satellite records began more than 40 years ago.

Pilbara resident Glenn Rush swaps sweat for snow alongside 140 other chill-seekers in a 42-kilometre marathon across Antarctica.

Joanna Booth joins scientists on a voyage of discovery in the world’s last great wilderness

Off the coast of Antarctica, trillions of tonnes of cold salty water sink to great depths. As the water sinks, it drives the deepest flows of the “overturning” circulation – a network of strong currents spanning the world’s oceans. The overturning circulation carries heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients around the…