WWildlife Read More Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica’s near-freezing deepFebruary 19, 2026 MELBOURNE — A shark cruising over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun’s rays to illuminate was unexpected.…
WWildlife Read More Sharks Have Officially Reached Antarctica, and Scientists Are ShookFebruary 18, 2026 Sharks prowl nearly every marine ecosystem on Earth—except one. For decades, scientists assumed the waters around Antarctica were…
HHealth Read More Bird flu ravaging Antarctic wildlife, scientist warnsFebruary 18, 2026 “The virus has completely spread throughout the Antarctic region where we have the capacity to go and study,”…
WWildlife Read More Antarctic type B killer whales seen for first time near WA’s Bremer BayFebruary 16, 2026 A tour group visiting Bremer Bay Canyon off Western Australia’s south coast has reported what is believed to…
HHealth Read More ‘We let [it] slip out through our fingers’February 14, 2026 With Antarctica added to the list, the bird flu has officially wreaked havoc on every continent but Oceania.…
EEnvironment Read More Australia’s toxic legacy at Wilkes Station in AntarcticaFebruary 11, 2026 Antarctica is often considered the last pristine wilderness on the planet. But an Australian base abandoned almost six…
SSpace Read More Elon Musk shares video claiming ‘live-streamed from Antarctica using Starlink’; gets corrected: This stream is not …February 10, 2026 Elon Musk mistakenly claimed a Starlink-streamed video was from Antarctica, but X’s community notes revealed it was actually…
NNew Zealand Read More NZ scientists in Antarctica trying to film elusive colossal squid set honey trapFebruary 8, 2026 “So essentially we’re flirting and will see who comes along,” Linley said. “We used it on a couple…
EEnvironment Read More Weakening ice shelf has caused crucial Antarctic glacier to accelerateFebruary 7, 2026 Giant icebergs have been breaking off the edge of Pine Island ice shelf NASA/Brooke Medley A large and…
AArts and design Read More Eight Antarctic architecture highlightsFebruary 5, 2026 Following the unveiling of the Discovery Building today, we look at eight architectural highlights from Antarctica over the…
AArts and design Read More Hugh Broughton Architects unveils Discovery Building in AntarcticaFebruary 5, 2026 UK studio Hugh Broughton Architects and NORR have exclusively revealed the aerodynamic Antarctic Discovery Building, which is topped with…
EEnvironment Read More ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than we thought. Can a 150-metre wall stop it flooding Earth?February 4, 2026 A global group of scientists, engineers and policy experts has unveiled an ambitious plan to build a wall…