Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

A new discovery has closed a significant gap in the global map of amber finds: for the first time, amber has been unearthed in Antarctica. This discovery, led by scientists from the Alfred Wegener ...

A remarkable discovery has emerged from the icy expanse of Antarctica: tiny pieces of amber found in the seafloor sediments of Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica. These pieces, dating back around 90 ...

Scientists recently discovered amber fragments that suggest the snow-covered continent of Antarctica could have once been a lush jungle. The idea that Antarctica once looked like an entirely different ...

The Discovery Building features a wind deflector that prevents snow from piling up next to the building. It could change how ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed the first fossil egg ever found in Antarctica. This remarkable find, a football-sized specimen, was extracted from 68-million-year-old rocks on ...

Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert, largely devoid of life except around the coasts. But this wasn't always the case. In 1833, naturalist James Eights found fossilized wood buried in the continent's ...

Finding ice this old is extremely challenging. Antarctica’s harsh environment, with its freezing temperatures and strong winds, makes research difficult. The Allan Hills region is one of the few ...

A blood-red waterfall in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys has fascinated researchers with its color since its discovery in 1911 ...

International researchers announced the discovery of a potentially over 30-million-year-old lost world located more than a mile beneath the Antarctic ice that may have teemed with rivers, forests, and ...

January 28, 1820, is considered the official date of the discovery of the sixth continent - Antarctica. However, modern historians and scientists emphasize ...