Ozone depletion actually began decades before holes in the ozone layer were first discovered

The ozone layer’s most famous wound opened over Antarctica, but the damage may have started much earlier, and somewhere else ...

The Unlikely Creature That Could Revolutionize Melanoma Treatment

A bacterial toxin from one of Antarctica's most overlooked creatures kills melanoma cells without harming healthy ones, and a team of scientists just risked everything in freezing polar waters to ...

An 'unremarkable' fossil found in Antarctica 40 years ago is the continent's first dinosaur bone

More than 40 years after it was collected, an Antarctic fossil has been recognized as a far more consequential discovery than anyone first realized, according to Sci.News. The bone is now considered ...

An Antarctic sea squirt could help treat melanoma

During an expedition to Antarctica, scientists discovered a species of sea squirt that may promise a new cancer treatment.

South Pole Telescope analysis releases new catalog of more than 7,000 galaxy clusters

Researchers working with data from the South Pole Telescope have released a major catalog of galaxy clusters, giving ...