Irishman William Maunsell and American Ashley Paulson won the men's and women's events at the Great World Race in Antarctica ...

Today, Antarctica is a huge frozen continent, though it was once temperate enough to be covered in swampy forests. Now, a team of scientists has discovered fossilized tree resin—amber—on the continent ...

The discovery of fossilised plant 'blood' - once prized as a gemstone - shows what lived on the continent before it was all ...

While Britain, Argentina, Australia, Norway, France, New Zealand and Chile have long held territorial claims over the vast ...

Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert, largely devoid of life. But this wasn't always the case. Ninety million years ago, it ...

Along with fossils of roots, pollen, and spores, the amber provides some of the best evidence yet that a mid-Cretaceous, ...

William Maunsell and Ashley Paulson set new marathon records at the Great World Race in Antarctica. Maunsell finished in 2:38 ...

As global temperatures rise, the ecology of Antarctica is already changing, but Earth's climate would have to change ...

Saudi Arabia and even Iran are looking to secure a foothold on the continent. Calls to modernise the treaty to create a new global agreement for governing Antarctica would require unanimous ...

Roughly 90 million years ago, climatic conditions in Antarctica were suitable for resin-producing trees. Researchers have now made the southernmost discovery of amber in the world.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide was high in the Cretaceous, making the world in general a warmer place. Moreover, the lack of an ...