Hannah Osborne is Nesweek's Science Editor, based in London, UK. Hannah joined Newsweek in 2017 from IBTimes UK. She is a graduate of Goldsmiths University and King's College London. Languages; ...

Scientists announced the discovery of the fossilized trees in Antarctica's Transantarctic Mountains in November. They believe the forest is the oldest one known to exist in the southern polar region, ...

Antarctica as we know it is a frosty wilderness covered in thick compacted ice. But a recent scientific discovery suggests that the vast white continent was home to leafy forests, some 280 million ...

Palm trees swayed on the green shores of Antarctica 50 million years ago while temperatures soared above 20C, a study has shown. The discovery provides a startling glimpse of what might be in store ...

Scientists drilling into the seabed off the coast of Antarctica have made a very interesting discovery that was announced this week. The sediment cores obtained during the drilling reveal that 52 ...

Forest & Bird today welcomed the government’s decision to expand marine reserves and marine protected areas around New Zealand’s Sub-Antarctic islands. Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson announced ...

Global warming threatens to put many species on thin ice. But changing temperatures seem to have sparked new life in a group of Antarctic sea sponges. Glass sponges, or hexactinellids, normally grow ...