Russia has reportedly found the world’s largest crude oil reserve beneath the British Antarctic Territory, a region long ...

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 ...

"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.

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

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

The remains of landscapes thought to have formed when ancient rivers flowed across East Antarctica have been discovered—and ...

The virus, which scientists call H5N1, has spread like wildfire around the globe in recent years, surprising and horrifying ...

One of the world’s leading polar scientists has issued a chilling warning: The ice sheets in West Antarctica may already be ...

An international team of scientists have discovered a mysterious, ancient landscape hidden beneath the ice sheet of Eastern ...