National Geographic joined an expedition to understand the mysterious creatures of the ice-locked southern continent.

There are growing concerns the treaty that has protected the last great wilderness for nearly 70 years may not hold as the old rules-based world order disintegrates along with the sea ice.

The Herald’s annual search for New Zealand’s Best Beach has seen readers voting in their thousands and we’re excited to now reveal the winners. It’s two years in a row for our overall winner, and as ...

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Overfishing and ecosystem disruption are leaving African penguins without enough food to survive. Their suffering signals a broader collapse in the ocean food web, but new policies and conservation ...

In the gaps between the visible ice, humpbacks blow out steam in spouts of warm whale air. Then a transient type A orca more than six metres long swims right across our bow. The passengers – mostly ...

How do you feel about a pet that you can't pet? NPR's Scott Simon talks to writer Anne Fadiman about her new collection of essays, "Frog And Other Essays." ...

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 ...

The Orion constellation is home to some of the most luminous stars in our Milky Way galaxy. When you purchase through links ...

Even as American automakers have scaled back their ambitions for electric vehicles, some are pivoting to a technology that could help boost renewable energy.