European scientists believe they have captured the birth of a Jupiter-sized planet emerging in a thick disc of gas and dust for the first time.

Scientists in Antarctica have discovered an 18kg meteorite embedded in the East Antarctic ice sheet, the largest found in the region since 1988.

Japanese whalers have temporarily suspended their annual hunt in the Southern Ocean because protesters are making refuelling too dangerous.

English environmentalist Zoe Young has repeated the journey her grandmother made in 1913 to mourn the death of her husband, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole.

The bodies of the three Canadian men believed killed in a plane crash in Antarctica will not be recovered until at least October, Antarctica New Zealand says.

Plans are under way to recover the bodies of three Canadian men believed killed in a plane crash in Antarctica after the wreckage of the aircraft was found on Saturday.

The Prime Minister finally arrived in Antarctica last night after weather setbacks and a health emergency.

Prime Minister outlines his main objectives for his trip down to Antarctica, which has today been put on hold due to bad weather.

New Zealand is unlikely to compromise on its protection plan for the Antarctic's Ross Sea at key talks this year.

Editorial: Once, the Prime Minister's visit to Antarctica this week would have placed him among a select group. Not any more.

Eco-tourism in the Antarctic has spiked in the past decade, and some operators predict locally run tours could eclipse the profits of controversial fishing in the Ross Sea.

Busby Noble fulfilled a pledge - he got off his couch and made one dream come true.

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and the US National Environment Research Council used satellite imagery to discover a massive penguin colony on the Princess Ragnhild Coast in Antarctica.

Sir Edmund Hillary called it "the greatest survival story of all time", and he knew a thing or two about the challenges posed by nature.

For the past century, since heading the first Australian-led Antarctic expedition, Sir Douglas Mawson has been considered a national hero.