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There is a corner of Antarctica that looks like something out of a David Cronenberg movie. It’s located in the dry valleys of McMurdo, an immense…

In this image made from video and released by the University of Western Australia, a sleeper shark swims into the spotlight of a video camera in…

For a long time, scientists knew of a “gravity hole” beneath Antarctica—an area with particularly weak gravitational force. Considering the various threats currently faced by the…

Scientists on the Thwaites Glacier attempted to install equipment beneath the ice to better understand how it is melting. Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong walks us…

The majority of Antarctica is covered in a thick sheet of ice, but what lies beneath its frozen surface has largely remained a mystery. A rare…

New satellite images of what was once the largest iceberg in the world show warning signs of its imminent demise, revealing extensive pools of aquamarine blue…