Antarctic seabirds are accumulating dangerously high levels of toxic organic chemicals in their bodies, according to Nico van den Brink of the Institute for Forestry and Nature Research

The increasing population of Antarctic fur seals threatens the ecology of the region

Ice cover might be increasing in the West Antarctic contrary to its presumed collapse

Ultraviolet rays penetrating through the protective ozone layer over Antarctica are damaging the DNA of higher animals. Scientists from the Northeastern University of Texas, US, found extensive

Indian scientists gear up for a new round of experiments in Antarctica

A group from the Open University in Milton Keynes, UK has analysed the isotopic composition of samples from ALH84001, the original Martian meteorite and reported results that support claims of the

Antarctica, which till 1960 was

David Vaughan and Chris Doake, glaciologists with the Bristish Antarctic Survey have published a paper which states that atmospheric warming has caused the disintegration of five ice shelves in the

Antarctic krills, small shrimplike creatures, have adopted special mechanisms to avoid turbulence. According to Konard Welse, a zoo

AIDED by radio and seismic waves, scientists have discovered more than 70 lakes that lie buried under thousands of feet of ice in this glacial continent. Of these, the largest lake is a body of