Antarctic sea life - including the oldest living creatures on the planet - are at risk from increasing number of ships dropping anchor there, warns a new report. Underwater video footage has revealed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off from one of Antarctica's massive floating glaciers in January, a team of scientists ...

Striations, grooves, and mud deposits from anchor retrieval were visible in the substrate of the ocean floor. At the disturbed sites, little to no marine life was present. Credit: Matt Mulrennan / ...

An explorer undertakes a solo Antarctic expedition to document the life beneath the ice. Antarctica, often perceived as barren and lifeless, is in fact a dynamic ecosystem teeming with life. Hosted by ...

The first icefish was discovered in 1927, swimming in the frigid waters of the southernmost extreme of the Earth, the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. This unique fish had a see-through body and ...

ANTARCTICA (AP) — The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote places on Earth, but that doesn’t mean it is tranquil. Tumultuous waves that can swallow vessels ensure that the Antarctic Peninsula has ...

Alessandro Antonello is Associate Professor of Environmental History at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is the author of The Greening of Antarctica: Assembling an International Environment ...

When an iceberg the size of Chicago broke off from one of Antarctica's massive floating glaciers in January, a team of scientists working nearby quickly pivoted, steering their ship to explore the ...