A new study has found evidence that 13th-century Polynesians settled as far south as the Auckland Islands, just 2,000 ...

Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert, largely devoid of life. But this wasn't always the case. Ninety million years ago, it ...

The amber, excavated from Pine Island Bay in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, provides a unique snapshot of life in prehistoric ...

A deserted island in Antarctica was once bustling with scientists and researchers but is now left eerily abandoned for ...

Around 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees, allowing them to grow ...

Most of the expeditions are still waiting to begin, but the two solo crossings are in progress. Equipment problems are ...

With the soft crunching of snow underfoot, Jordan walks steadily through the imposing ice structure, heading "towards the ...

Did early Polynesian navigators ever reach Antarctica? It's a contentious question among academics, as although it's widely ...

Atmospheric carbon dioxide was high in the Cretaceous, making the world in general a warmer place. Moreover, the lack of an ...

The macaroni has the widest range, covering both the South Atlantic and Indian oceans, while the Snares only breeds on the ...

The introductory wall label in the exhibition in Hobart cites Edmund Halley as the first man to sketch tabular icebergs inthe ...

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has announced that the High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) ...