Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The RSV Nuyina (left) traveled more than 1,800 miles to rescue a sick expeditioner at Australia's Casey research center in ...

Authorities are considering whether it is feasible for Australia's Antarctic icebreaker to safely travel under Hobart's ...

Greenhouse gases trapped in 3,000 year-old Antarctic ice are being extracted and analysed for clues to Earth's climate ...

Using old satellite radar techniques, scientists have developed a new way of measuring the true extent of an understudied and ...

Australia’s Antarctic research program said it successfully evacuated an “unwell expeditioner” from its research station on the southernmost continent. In a complex operation in the early days of the ...

A sick expedition member has been evacuated from a remote Antarctic outpost in the depths of winter following a rescue operation spanning thousands of kilometers, Australian authorities said Monday.

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas of Antarctica, after 16 years of research. More than 35,600 records, some ...

The Australian government has officially ruled out cleaning up Antarctica's contaminated Wilkes Station before the end of the ...

JANO GIBSON, REPORTER: Antarctica – an icy wilderness largely untouched by humans but on the coastal fringe of Australia's Antarctic Territory is a toxic legacy from a bygone era. MELANIE BORUP, ...

Australia's Antarctic research agency undertook a daring rescue mission this month after one of its Antarctic expeditioners required urgent medical care while living at a remote research station 2,400 ...