American Colin O’Brady has become the first person to traverse Antarctica alone and without help, after completing the 1,500-kilometre trek in 54 days. Continue reading
The bizarre deep-sea creature is actually a type of sea cucumber, Enypniastes eximia, and has only been recorded before in the Gulf of Mexico, according to scientists. Continue reading
Scientists who set out to watch the ice shift in Antarctica have ended up listening to it instead. Continue reading
A University of Alberta astronomer says tracing a single neutrino to a black hole four billion light-years distant will give researchers a whole new way to probe the universe’s most exotic secrets. Continue reading
“There are no other plausible signals to be driving this other than climate change.” Continue reading
Scientists in Antarctica have harvested their first crop of vegetables grown without earth, daylight or pesticides as part of a project designed to help astronauts cultivate fresh food on other planets. Continue reading
The aurora australis is seen in the Southern Hemisphere and is considered the southern counterpart of the “northern lights.” Continue reading
Between April 2016 and 2017, 44,376 travellers came to the continent — the number of visitors has been rising steadily since 2011. Continue reading
The camera was left by an Australian Antarctic expeditioner visiting an emperor penguin colony in Antarctica. Continue reading
More than one million penguins were discovered off the Antarctic Peninsula’s northern tip after satellite imagery revealed large amounts of penguin poop in the area. Continue reading