Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The RSV Nuyina (left) traveled more than 1,800 miles to rescue a sick expeditioner at Australia's Casey research center in ...

A deadly strain of bird flu sweeping through remote islands near Antarctica has devastated the native wildlife population, killing an estimated 13,000 seal pups, as well as penguins and seabirds, ...

For most, a trip to Antarctica is well beyond reach, but a new exhibition at the National Museum of Australia gives visitors ...

Australia’s Antarctic research program said it successfully evacuated an “unwell expeditioner” from its research station on the southernmost continent. In a complex operation in the early days of the ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas of Antarctica, after 16 years of research. More than 35,600 records, some ...

A sick expedition member has been evacuated from a remote Antarctic outpost in the depths of winter following a rescue operation spanning thousands of kilometers, Australian authorities said Monday.

Australia's Antarctic research agency undertook a daring rescue mission this month after one of its Antarctic expeditioners required urgent medical care while living at a remote research station 2,400 ...