The effects of climate change have sparked a bloom of microscopic algae across the Antarctic peninsula.
A science experiment in Antarctica may have discovered particles from a universe where time runs backwards.
It might be a freezing wasteland today, but in the past Antarctica was covered in lush swamps and forests.
An expedition team has identified a previously unseen landmass that has been exposed by melting ice.
Scientists working at a Ukranian research station have revealed that the nearby snow has turned an odd color.
Scientists have identified an enormous land-based canyon that descends 11,500ft beneath sea level.
Scientists have discovered a very strange gelatinous creature 3,500 meters beneath the ocean's surface.
Scientists have unearthed the fossil remains of a gargantuan marine reptile from the time of the dinosaurs.
Flat Earth enthusiasts maintain that they can prove that the Earth is flat by finding 'the edge of the world'.
This emperor penguin recorded for a BBC documentary is almost entirely black due to a rare genetic mutation.
The world's 'most dangerous' glacier has developed a gaping hole around two-thirds the size of Manhattan.
Scientists have discovered the remains of several types of organisms in a lake over 1km beneath the ice.
Hidden 4,000ft beneath the surface of the ice, Lake Mercer remains a tantalizing target for investigation.
Scientists have used satellite data to map out the terrain hidden beneath the ice of the southernmost continent.
Another intriguingly geometric iceberg has been spotted in Antarctica during an Operation IceBridge aerial survey.
This strangely geometric piece of ice was photographed by NASA off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf.
Scientists have captured audio of the Antarctic ice shelf 'singing' and it sounds decidedly eerie.
Hundreds of mummified penguins dating back up to 750 years were found in Antarctica's Long Peninsula in 2016.
New research has revealed that Antarctica is melting three times faster than previously thought.
Giant troughs running for hundreds of kilometers have been found deep beneath the ice at the South Pole.