Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

In a nutshell Scientists have discovered that Earth’s inner core isn’t just changing its rotation speed – it’s actually ...

Scientists track Antarctic krill via satellite to monitor ocean health amid climate change and fishing threats.

Earth must have experienced something exceptional 10 million years ago. Our study of rock samples from the floor of the ...

Study leader Dr Kirstie Jones-Williams, a PhD student working with British Antarctic Survey (BAS), said the findings ...

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Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching ...

Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...

The sheer scale of Earth's plastic problem has been laid bare in a new study. Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of ...