The pristine white of the Arctic landscape seems to have been turning a rather unusual shade of pink.
A sick worker has had to be rescued from a remote research station in Antarctica in the middle of winter.
A huge flightless bird called Gastornis is thought to have once roamed what is now the Arctic Circle.
Scientists have discovered that some species of sea spider have been growing to abnormally large sizes.
A new NASA study has called in to question what we know of global warming and rising sea levels.
A large land mass was thought to have twice spanned today's Arctic region millions of years ago.
A secretive set of photographs has emerged showing two unidentified objects near a US Navy submarine.
A UFO researcher in Russia has found what he believes to be a UFO in Antarctica using Google Earth.
Arctic lamprey eels measuring several feet in length have been observed plummeting from the heavens.
A snapshot of the past has been found in the form of a bubble frozen in the Antarctic ice.
A unique ecosystem discovered 1,000ft underground may increase the odds of finding life on other worlds.
German scientists have discovered what may be the impact site of a meteorite that struck 11 years ago.
A remote-controlled submarine has discovered that the ice is a lot thicker in some places than expected.
A notebook belonging to a member of Robert Scott's Antarctic expedition team has been found in the ice.
Far from disappearing, sea ice surrounding the Antarctic continent has been increasing in recent years.
So much ice has melted in Antarctica that it has had a measurable effect on Earth's gravitational pull.
One of two exploration vessels that vanished in the Arctic in 1845 has been found after a long search.
Researchers in Antarctica have revealed the discovery of a whole ecosystem living beneath the pack ice.
The 13 staff members at Halley Research Station in Antarctica have been attempting to fix their heating.
A chunk of ice six times the size of Manhatten broke away from the Pine Island Glacier last year.