Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

Scientists have made an astonishing discovery after finding lobster-like creatures beneath the depths of the Antarctic ice.

Long-lost 1960s aerial photos let Copenhagen researchers watch Antarctica’s Wordie Ice Shelf crumble in slow motion. By ...

A salty surge in the Southern Ocean is melting Antarctic sea ice from below — and causing dramatic changes scientists didn’t ...

Covid-19-Related Abuses As of October 3, 2021, South Africa had 2,906,422 confirmed Covid-19 cases with 87,780 deaths, the highest documented figure across Africa.

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cuts in the Trump administration and actions by ...

A Kiwi tourist was killed by an elephant in Zambia this week. Alison Taylor is being remembered as an adventurous traveller and an 'amazing' woman.

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet – sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and food webs – has been in the news a lot lately. All of these threats were ...

Visitor numbers to Antarctica could reach 450,000 a year within a decade, according to one scenario. How do we stem the tide?

Dion George says he is taking a big, bold step — putting the wild, frigid seventh continent at the heart of the country’s ...