The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cuts in the Trump administration and actions by ...

Explore the stunning winning entries of WWF South Africa's 'Our Country, Through Your Lens' photo competition, showcasing the ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

A Kiwi tourist was killed by an elephant in Zambia this week. Alison Taylor is being remembered as an adventurous traveller and an 'amazing' woman.

A 19-year-old pilot from the United States has been detained on an Antarctic island and charged by Chilean authorities, who ...

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet – sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and food webs – has been in the news a lot lately. All of these threats were ...

Visitor numbers to Antarctica could reach 450,000 a year within a decade, according to one scenario. How do we stem the tide?

"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...

Dion George says he is taking a big, bold step — putting the wild, frigid seventh continent at the heart of the country’s ...

The Russian official — until recently in charge of the firm that has stitched together vast maps of South Pole hydrocarbons — is helping negotiate Putin’s ‘scientific’ interests at the prestigious ...