The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

Figuring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a larger effort to demonstrate the viability of long-term human habitation of extraterrestrial environments. On May 12, 2022, a team of scientists announced that they had successfully grown plants using lunar soil gathered during the Apollo moon…

With two peaks to go, Erin Parisi seeks to become the first transgender person to complete this daunting climbing event.

About 40,000 humpback whales are set to make their annual migration through the winter months from Antarctica to warmer northern waters.

In today's Inverse Daily, read science stories on NASA’s Moon woes, hidden delights under the Antarctica ice sheet, and female reproductive healthcare.

The emperor penguin, which roams Antarctica's frozen tundra and chilly seas, is at severe risk of extinction in the next 30 to 40 years as a result of climate change, an expert from the Argentine Antarctic Institute (IAA) warned.

A new discovery deep beneath one of Antarctica’s rivers of ice could change scientists’ understanding of how the ice flows, with important implications for estimating future sea level rise.

It’s hard to survive in bitterly cold Antarctica. But the ice continent is home to more than 1,100 species who have adapted to life on land and in its lakes.

Staff working at the Penguin Post Office in Port Lockroy in Antarctica live in a Nissen hut and have no access to running water and very limited communication with the outside world

Eric Bourne said his marriage to Stephen Carpenter resulted in ‘the best day’ of his life.

Stewards Eric Bourne and Stephen Carpenter were married by the captain of the research vessel in the British Antarctic Territory

The couple have been together for 20 years before holding their wedding in the chilly setting