Glaciers are the planet's frozen water banks. They sustain water supply, ecosystems and even cultural traditions. But many of these sprawling beds of ice are melting. Why does that matter?

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...

The Sea Shepherd conservation activist ship Allankay is in Tāmaki Makaurau after a full programme in the seas around ...

In the remote and hostile realm of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, powerful winds known as low-level jets (LLJs) ...

Antarctica is the world's great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth's climate system is largely powered by the annual ...

Learn what to pack for an Antarctic expedition with expert-approved gear recommendations for surviving the frozen continent’s ...

Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains.Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains, rise ...

At Roger Williams Park Zoo, the penguins will eat 1 to 1½ pounds of fish daily over two or three feedings. They will be fed small herring, capelin, smelts, trout, minnows, sardines, anchovies and ...

Antarctica may appear to be an endless expanse of ice, but beneath its frozen surface lies a complex and dramatic landscape ...

The expedition cruise company Silversea has announced the name of its southernmost hotel and released early renders of the ...

The ancient Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in the middle of East Antarctica are entombed beneath kilometres of ice ...