Remarkable fossils found in North Greenland have helped researchers solve a 500-million-year-old puzzle surrounding ...

A century-old fossil long mislabeled as a caterpillar has been reidentified as the first-known nonmarine lobopodian—rewriting what we know about ancient life. Discovered in Harvard’s museum drawers, ...

Paleontologists named the worm Kraytdraco spectatus, for its resemblance to a Star Wars monster. They say it sheds light on ...

Most forms of life cannot survive extreme environmental conditions, like excessive temperatures. Likewise, the significant ...

Watching the migration of whales up Australia’s east coast, researchers have documented something “worrying”. Humpbacks are ...

Scientists find a 'dangerous feedback loop' in sudden sea ice melt Over the past few years, researchers have discovered dramatic and "unexpected" shifts in the Southern Ocean, with saltiness ...

New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to extra icebergs, it’s bad news we must hear.

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice free. Scientists were able to reach places never sampled before.

Scientists once thought Antarctica might hold onto its sea ice as the world warmed. No longer.

Briny warm water is mixing on the surface of the ocean, making sea ice melt faster, a new study found. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Some of the water around Antarctica has been getting saltier. And ...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons Though tiny, Antarctic krill are giants in ecological importance. They float in massive swarms under sea ice and serve as a primary food source for whales, seals, and ...

This Elusive Antarctic Squid Was Seen for the First Time An expedition in the Southern Ocean captured video of a rare species of deep-sea cephalopod.