A small piece of amber found in West Antarctica is changing how scientists picture the continent’s past. Pulled from the Pine ...

Beneath Antarctica’s frozen seafloor, scientists have uncovered traces of an ancient, temperate rainforest that thrived near the South Pole90 million years ago. Fossil roots, pollen, and spores point ...

Rain is rare in Antarctica. Scientists doing fieldwork there dress for cold and glare, not wet weather – duvet jackets, snow trousers, goggles and sunscreen. Planes land on gravel runways which are ...