Wildlife photographer Justin Hofman has shared what are believed to be the first underwater photographs of a Ross seal.

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More than 3,600 meters beneath the Arctic Ocean, scientists have stumbled onto a hidden world that should not, by ...

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An explorer and a glaciologist are kite-skiing across Antarctica with a ground-penetrating radar to gather data that will ...

Times journalists are accompanying a group of scientists on an arduous, weekslong trip to study a key glacier in Antarctica.

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In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly ...

Scientists discovered deep Arctic methane mounds that release gas, shape ecosystems, and inform climate risks.

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