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The ice covering the newly discovered ecosystem belonged to the George VI Ice Shelf, a vast ice shelf "trapped" between the ...

The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...

Naturalist Stan Tekiela explores the enduring charm, biology, and resilience of sea otters during a recent photo tour in ...

A federal judge in Florida has blocked the imports of a high-priced fish from protected waters near Antarctica, siding with U ...

To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...

The Scenic Eclipse is one of only a few Antarctic vessels to carry a submarine. The submarine—the Scenic Neptune —can carry ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

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In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.