The remnants of Britain’s once mighty empire still give the mother country more than a few headaches. Britain, which once ...

The unexploded ordnance beneath one of Antarctica’s many penguin colonies probably poses no risk to humans working nearby. While this may seem like a crazy sentence to write, it accurately reflects ...

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

The Edinburgh-based firm, Christian Salvesen, operated whale processing ports at the aptly named Leith Harbour at Stromness Bay in South Georgia, a British overseas territory about 870 miles ...

The Edinburgh-based firm, Christian Salvesen, operated whale processing ports at the aptly named Leith Harbour at Stromness Bay in South Georgia, a British overseas territory about 870 miles (1,400 km ...

Although its land area is modest – only 1.7 square kilometers – Clipperton’s strategic and ecological significance is ...

"We need more study." Leading scientist issues dire warning about disturbing phenomenon in Antarctica: 'I'm not sure I have the capacity to really think it through' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Fighting it out over the Arctic, with the vast resources of the Arctic, is going to be the new great game of the twenty-first ...

Nicolás Pasquali has spent a remarkable eight years travelling the world and has now visited all 195 countries ...

King Charles praises British Antarctic researchers in touching midwinter message The 76-year-old monarch highlighted the researchers' resilience in one of the most isolated parts of Earth ...

Scientists call for better protection of Antarctica’s vulnerable seafloor ecosystem as ship traffic increases around the continent.

Charles pays tribute to ‘resilience’ of Antarctic research scientists While the UK enjoys its longest day of sunlight on Saturday, British scientists at the South Pole experience 24 hours of ...