In 2011, Chilean scientists exploring Antarctica found a strange, deflated, football-shaped object on Seymour Island and took ...

Unfortunately, one million endangered species could become extinct. On World Wildlife Day, learn who is at risk and how to ...

Weathered rocks sitting above the ice hold iron concentrations up to ten times higher than earlier reports from elsewhere in ...

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that ...

If your family wants a gentle introduction to Antarctic wildlife, the South Shetland Islands are the perfect first stop. With ...

Preying mantises are vulnerable to horsehair worm parasites, which depend on other animals for their lifecycle needs.

David Keller, a New Ulm native and graduate of New Ulm High School, works as a heavy equipment operator at McMurdo Station in ...

A leathery fossil unearthed from Antarctic sediment is overturning core ideas about how Earth’s dominant marine reptiles ...

Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep. Hitchhiking animals are more common than you think. A classic example of phoresy, the remora uses a modified fin that ...

On the frozen edge of the world, staying in practice as a professional musician takes ingenuity, grit and a plastic instrument for schoolchildren that’s guaranteed not to fre ...

Scientists uncover a massive 66 million year old egg in Antarctica from a prehistoric sea lizard, rewriting reptile history with stunning details on ancient ocean life.