Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

In the unforgiving polar wilderness, scientists go to great lengths to safeguard the devices that gather precious data. By Raymond Zhong Reporting from an inflatable boat in Pine Island Bay, ...

A crew member of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Polar Star watches a cruise ship that requested assistance Jan. 17 in Antarctica. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Bokum/U.S. Coast Guard) The U.S.

After working and camping for a week on Thwaites Glacier, scientists were ready to start drilling into the ice, if only the weather would let them. By Raymond Zhong Reporting from the Thwaites Glacier ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard assisted a luxury cruise ship after it became trapped in ice during a voyage to Antarctica, officials said. The Scenic Eclipse II contacted the Coast Guard Cutter ...

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way among many that climate change is transforming life at the bottom of the ...

On Tuesday, a week after scientists from Britain and South Korea pitched tents on Antarctica’s remote Thwaites Glacier, they were pretty much ready to start drilling into the half-mile-deep ice. The ...

A cruise ship became stuck in ice during a voyage to Antarctica on Jan. 17. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star assisted the ship, breaking it free from the ice. The cruise line stated the ship was ...

The ‘Scenic Eclipse II’ was sailing through the Ross Sea on Jan. 17 when it got stuck in a sheet of ice and required assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard The Scenic Eclipse II, a luxury cruise ship, ...

The body of 25-year-old meteorologist Dennis “Tink” Bell has been found after being lost in a glacier for 66 years. A team from the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station came across the remains, ...

The Antarctic ice sheet gained mass from 2021 to 2023 at an average rate of about 119 billion tons per year, according to research from Tongji University analyzing NASA satellite data. This abrupt ...