A 20-kilometer-wide tube of melted rock feeds the lava lake at Mt. Erebus, according to new research that illustrates the plumbing below Earth’s southernmost active...
Biologists are getting their first real listen to the vocalizations made by Antarctic minke whales, the most abundant yet least understood whale species in the...
Molting status determines when Weddell seal pups are ready for life in the water more than other developmental milestones, according to new research....
The McMurdo Dry Valleys ecosystems are changing because of climate change. In a paper published in the journal Ecology in January researchers said they’ve tracked...
An expedition studying the aftermath of one of Earth’s greatest global extinctions collected hundreds of prehistoric animal fossils from the mountains of Antarctica this past...