Meaning: ‘Krill’ are small, shrimp-like marine crustaceans that belong to the order Euphausiacea. They are a vital food ...

The century-long story of two blue whale vertebrae can now be told for the first time, revealing their part in helping to ban ...

Antarctica is otherworldly – breathtakingly beautiful, and yet so alien, frozen, and unforgiving that it is hard to imagine surviving there. Author and explorer Jon Krakauer has said of it, ...

Life is rarely solitary, yet some beings exist in extreme biological isolation. From a lone, ancient tree in Bahrain's desert ...

The Falkland Islands sit far north of the Antarctic Peninsula, yet they’re a key part of many Antarctic expeditions. These windswept islands burst with life, and here you can spot colonies of king ...

Greg Mortimer, who was one of the first Australians to climb Everest, has spoken out about the amount of people climbing it.

The town of Greybull sent a disproportionately large number of workers to Antarctica in the '80s and '90s to keep the McMurdo ...

"Now we have recovering numbers." Experts thrilled by recovery of iconic creatures from brink of extinction: 'So incredibly important' first appeared on The Cool Down.

What we cannot feel, we cannot legislate for. What we cannot sense, we will not account for. Art can widen our viewpoint.

From culinary safaris to celestial cruises, these 10 luxury trips offer travellers one-of-a-kind experiences guided by some ...