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University of Chicago paleontologist and author Neil Shubin has been on multiple expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. Those trips have produced groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of ...

Lisa Werner, a music teacher at St. Bruno Parish School in Dousman, traveled last year to Antarctica thanks to a teaching ...

Discover the remarkable bird fossil from Antarctica that is rewriting the story of bird evolution. Learn how this 69-million-year-old bird challenges previous theories.

The Lincoln Children's Zoo has narrowed down name suggestions for a female Humboldt penguin chick that hatched Dec. 15. After collecting more than 200 name suggestions last week for a Humboldt penguin ...

Research scientists in remote locations need to get creative in order to follow their favorite teams, even when they don’t ...

In a recovery-bound economy, it’s probably hard to sell vacations that cost up to $12,000 per person. But for a few Prior Lake families, the experience of exploring an unusual destination ...

Penguins are typically flightless but in this award-winning clip, hundreds of them defied their own limitation by taking a ...

Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey have discovered microplastics in Antarctic snow near remote glaciers. This ...

Zoos across the country are offering creative ways to let that former boyfriend or girlfriend know what you really think of ...

With history serving as a precedent, the odds were surprisingly in the Penguins’ favor without either Evgeni Malkin or Sidney Crosby.

On Nov. 28, 1979, an Air New Zealand flight left Auckland for Antarctica on what promised to be a photographer’s dream trip. The 11-hour round trip was dubbed a luxury cruise at altitude.