January 1775, Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay and took possession of the island, in the name of King George III ...

Long before European colonizers sighted the continent, legendary explorer Hui Te Rangiora may have seen Antarctica.

SunStone Ships’ Ocean Victory will enter an extended layup at the port of Funchal, in Portugal’s Madeira Island. According to ...

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

Authorities say two firefighters were killed and another was badly injured after they were ambushed and shot while responding ...

Today, the United States’ first gay travel company offers trips to Antarctica, New Zealand, the Galapagos Islands and Paris, among many other beloved and far-flung places. But it began 52 years ago ...

The Edinburgh-based firm, Christian Salvesen, operated whale processing ports at the aptly named Leith Harbour at Stromness ...

A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic "greening" in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of field-based ecological knowledge. The new opinion article, "Is Antarctica Greening?" ...

A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic "greening" in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of ...

An object bright enough to be seen streaking across the midday sky has fallen across parts of the Southeast U.S. The National ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees that the AI device will be relatively small, able to sit atop a desk or fit in a pocket, ...

Researchers measured the amount of nitrogen and carbon in the whiskers, which tells them the kinds of animals the leopard ...