In 2017, scientists discovered amber in a sediment core from the Antarctic, and analysis since has revealed a startling truth ...

Scientists discovered the 1-foot-long animal while aboard a submersible several miles deep in the Pacific Ocean. Take a look.

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. But it would be ...

Its eerie red colour, ability to flow in freezing temperatures, and the resilient life forms within it make it one of ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

A new species of mud dragon has been discovered by a research team led by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). The animal was found in the South Orkney Trench in the Souther ...

Little wonder the poles can seem timeless, places of desolate beauty – tundra and rock in the north, and wind and ice in the ...

The vehicle’s mission yielded key findings on glacial melt and deep currents before it disappeared under mysterious ...

Scientists just found evidence that Antarctica was a rainforest when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Some 90 million years ago, ...

The findings have significant implications for studying space weather and the relationship between the Sun and the Earth's ...

Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...