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

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.

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

A 19-year-old pilot from the United States has been detained on an Antarctic island and charged by Chilean authorities, who ...

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?

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

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

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting ...

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.