Richard Young, the winner of the wildlife category at last year’s Photographer of the Year awards, took this shot of a lone ...

But beyond the discovery of new species, scientists said the survey, the most comprehensive to date in the Ross Sea, turned up other surprises. Hanchet singled out the discovery of "fields" of sea ...

A map of the Ross Sea region MPA was signed by CCAMLR delegates after the successful designation in October 2016. (Pic John B. Weller) By Andrea Kavanagh (*) - On October 28, 2016, global leaders ...

Chakraborty’s team looked at sea ice data from Antarctica’s Ross Sea, its Weddell and Bellingshausen-Amundsen regions, and the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They also obtained satellite data on ...

A rare form of ice known as "dragon skin" or "dragon scale" ice was spotted in Antarctica in late April 2017 by a researcher from the University of Tasmania. Doctor Guy Williams, one of 27 ...