Antarctica's patterns of stark seasonal changes, with months of darkness followed by a summer of 24-hour daylight, prompted ...

Hidden beneath the thick, frozen skin of East Antarctica lies a surprising discovery—ancient river-carved landscapes that may ...

At the bottom of the world lies a region as magnificent as it is misunderstood: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Harsh, ...

Large flat surfaces carved by ancient rivers deep beneath the East Antarctica are influencing how ice flows across the ...

Researchers found ancient river-carved plains beneath East Antarctica that may help slow ice loss and improve sea-level rise ...

Researchers map an ancient hidden river in Antarctica, uncovering flat terrain beneath the ice sheet that could influence ...

R esearchers from the University of Copenhagen have found decades-old aerial photos that are helping them better understand ...

The internet has long been home to conspiracy theories, some with more evidence behind them than others. But while internet conspiracies of old took the ...

A frozen river system lost to time may hold the key to Earth’s survival — and it's hiding in plain sight under the Antarctic ice sheet.

A land of unrelenting wind and ice, Antarctica is about as far from verdant as any place can get. Yet cucumbers are growing on the continent’s coast.