Archaeologists have uncovered Portugal’s first known woodhenge — a 60-foot-wide circle of timber posts dating back 5,000 years. Located within the vast Perdigões enclosure complex, the structure ...

Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before this sleeper shark lumbered warily and ...

Researchers spotted a shark off the Antarctic Peninsula for the first time ever, swimming at a depth so deep the sun could not reach it.

Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is heading back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in January-February 2026 for ...

National Geographic joined an expedition to understand the mysterious creatures of the ice-locked southern continent. Waddling through the snows of a continent reserved for research, a gentoo penguin ...

The new map revealed tens of thousands of previously undiscovered landforms. Alexey Belenkiy via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-SA-3.0 Scientists have long known more about the surfaces of some other ...

Melting ice from West Antarctica once delivered huge amounts of iron to the Southern Ocean, but algae growth did not increase as expected. Researchers found the iron was in a form that marine life ...

A large and fast-melting glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically since 2017. This may be a sign that the floating ice shelf in front of it is no longer helping to hold back the ice. Pine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Scientists unveiled the most detailed map ever created of Antarctica's hidden landscape beneath miles of ice, ...

Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom. By Dana Goldstein Photographs by ...

A project that has been years in the making came to an early halt about 3,000 feet deep in the ice. Reading time 3 minutes One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers has claimed a victim: a suite of ...