At a site in Eastern Antarctica known as Little Dome C Field ... The ice column is the length of six Empire State buildings. It represents ancient record of the Earth's climate and the story ...

Antarctica is home to a peak shaped like a perfect pyramid — but contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, the mountain's four symmetrical faces were forged through natural processes.

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

The skull, from an ancient relative of ducks and geese known as Vegavis ... Dr Patrick O’Connor, a co-author of the research, says that this “underscores that Antarctica has much to tell us about the ...

Antarctica’s eerie Blood Falls puzzled scientists worldwide. Was it a frozen crime scene, ancient bacteria, or something even ...

Scientists in Antarctica have discovered what may be the oldest modern bird ever found. The 69 million-year-old fossil could finally put a longstanding debate about the origin of modern birds to rest.

An international research team has successfully drilled and retrieved a 9,186-foot-long (2,800-meter-long) ice core from Antarctica that ... on the planet. The site is 21 miles (34 kilometers ...

Located on the southern end of the Danish island of Bornholm, these stones are flat pieces of shale featuring intricately drawn Sun motifs. Scholars now speculate that these stones might have been ...

Just after Christmas from a remote site in Antarctica, the team drilled thousands of metres to reach where the ice sheet meets bedrock. The ice sample contains greenhouse gas bubbles that hold ...