Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other whale species. That is why researchers have increasingly turned to ...

The science pros at TKOR reveal the Antarctic blue whale and the massive long-necked dinosaur Moreramus, comparing their ...

Sixty years since Lars-Eric Lindblad led the first ‘citizen explorers’ expedition to the Antarctic, expedition specialists explain how to sell the frozen continent ...

A team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the colossal Thwaites Glacier, with the help of a drill that uses hot ...

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The Upsweep is an unidentified sound detected by the NOAA, first recorded in August 1991. Almost siren-like, the Upsweep is ...

Cashmere is known for being exceptionally warm. Bringing a cashmere sweater to Antarctica was a no-brainer, but I didn't want ...

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way ...

Iceland is one of three countries that still permits commercial whaling. The activists headed to trial this week are calling ...

The world's largest iceberg has run aground and may soon start breaking up, scientists at the British Antarctic Survey said.

A striking phytoplankton bloom has encircled the Chatham Islands creating vivid green and blue swirls visible from space. The ...

Two-hundred and fifty years ago Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay and took possession of South Georgia, in the name ...