The myth of Atlantis has fascinated people around the world ever since Plato first wrote about this sunken city in 365 B.C.E. But where was the location of this fabled lost civilization said to have ...

Despite Antarctica not belonging to any state, as many as seven countries have made historical territorial claims on it.

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

Antarctica is ringed by a powerful counterclockwise ... who are well aware of the dangers bergs pose − and the location of A23a," he said. "However, as it breaks up over time, the smaller ...

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

Antarctica, located at the South Pole, covers an area of 142 million square kilometers. It is also known as the coldest region on Earth. It is important to note that no country has sovereignty ...

China is advancing lunar exploration with the Chang'e-7 mission, deploying a flying robot to the moon's south pole to hunt ...

Meteorologist Kylee Miller said January is actually the warmest month in Antarctica, when highs reach the 30s to 50s, depending on whether the location is inland or on the coast. Chicago is also ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

Where no observation is available within the last 75 minutes, the latest observation is shown in italics and coloured and removed from the table after 30 hours. Station names link to data for the ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...