Krill is considered to be the largest animal biomass in the wild on Earth and is an important prey species for baleen whales ...

Newly released satellite footage shows the world’s largest iceberg running aground near a remote island in the South Atlantic ...

As global temperatures warm, the Southern Ocean—between Antarctica and other continents—will eventually release heat absorbed ...

Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, are under threat from climate change. The area's ...

Climate models have predicted that the ocean surrounding Antarctica should be warming, but new research shows that it's ...

The 342-foot cruise ship had been steaming through Drake Passage — a 600-mile channel between Antarctica and the Southernmost ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

A federal judge in Florida has blocked the imports of a high-priced Chilean sea bass from protected waters near Antarctica.

Guests were crossing the Drake Passage at the time, a notoriously treacherous waterway between Antarctica and South America.

Antarctic cruises have never been so popular, with roughly 100,000 passengers a year. About 98% of them sail from South ...

As global temperatures warm, the Southern Ocean -- between Antarctica and other continents -- will eventually release heat absorbed from the atmosphere, leading to projected long-term increases in ...