The first tourists stepped ashore at Smith Island and Melchior Islands on the Antarctic Peninsula on January 23, 1966. Since ...

Isolated from the rest of the world by massive oceans and harsh weather conditions, Antarctica has become a habitat for ...

If you’ve been following Miles O’Brien’s reports from Antarctica, you know he’s with an international group of researchers ...

A 19-year-old travel agent has embarked on an epic five-week expedition to Antarctica as part of a scholarship scheme. Laila ...

National Geographic joined a 50-day voyage to understand the mysterious creatures of the ice-locked southern continent.

More than 50 skuas in Antarctica died from the high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 in the summers of 2023 and 2024, ...

More than 50 skuas in Antarctica died from the high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 in the summers of 2023 and 2024, marking the first documented die-off of wildlife from the virus on the ...

In December, University of Hawaii student Eric Gee spent seven days in Antarctica: ”Being with other people that also valued ...

Two days after Christmas, the Times journalists Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee set sail from Christchurch, New Zealand, on a ...

The move was hailed by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS as providing life-saving support for millions of people ...

After working and camping for a week on Thwaites Glacier, scientists were ready to start drilling into the ice, if only the ...

Driven by self-reliance, Chinese explorers have moved steadily inland from Antarctica's periphery, continually expanding both their operational footprint and fields of scientific inquiry. This vast ...