Fishing for krill near Antarctica has surged to a record high, nearing a seasonal catch limit that could close the fishery ...

A Windracers drone has been assisting scientists from the British Antarctic Survey to collect data on previously unchartered ...

The Windracers ULTRA, a UK developed autonomous heavy-lift cargo aircraft, has been helping British Antarctic Survey (BAS) ...

New research into the energy use of humpback whales during their annual migrations has found they lose 11,000kg of blubber—which is equivalent to the energy obtained after feeding on 57,000 kg of ...

Humpback whales may look like gentle giants, but each year they undertake nature's most extreme crash diet, shedding around ...

A once-forgotten British outpost in the icy wilderness of Antarctica is drawing unprecedented attention. Described as the most haunting time capsule in the southern hemisphere, an increased number of ...

Landscapes left behind by ancient rivers and buried beneath the Antarctic ice may affect the rate of ice loss, researchers ...

Tsunami alerts have been issued for parts of Russia, Japan, Alaska, Hawaii and the US West Coast after the earthquake struck ...

The sixth-strongest earthquake ever recorded triggered large and potentially dangerous waves around the world.

NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday, will use radar to monitor tiny changes ...