Researchers recently discovered that a Antarctic “danger zone” was actually an island — and have now mapped it for the first ...

The wonder material, plastic, was all the rage a few decades ago. Now, it’s destroying the planet. Humans cannot figure out how to dispose of plastic once used, and a majority of it ends up in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NBC News' Chloe Melas speaks with explorer Colin O'Brady, the first person to cross Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf solo and ...

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old. The goal of the French duo is to better ...

The remains of an Antarctic explorer who went missing more than 60 years ago have been found — with his emotional brother saying his sibling had finally “come home.” Dennis “Tink” Bell, a British ...

At the edge of Antarctica’s Taylor Glacier, a bright red stream pours out onto stark white ice, looking uncannily like blood. Known as Blood Falls, this phenomenon has unsettled explorers and puzzled ...

After uncovering Antarctic prospecting by Moscow’s Akademik Alexander Karpinsky, Daily Maverick’s probing questions may have ...