Antarctica sometimes reveals its hidden plumbing in dramatic color. At Taylor Glacier in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, a rust-red seep known as Blood Falls has puzzled observers since 1911. The spectacle ...

The phenomenon isn't a new one, but scientists have only recently come up with a convincing explanation for why it happens.

Researchers solved the mystery thanks to measuring devices that captured the event entirely by chance, providing the first evidence of the immense physical pressure behind this eerie natural phenomen ...

The Blood Falls is the result of a complicated interaction in which overlying ice, underlying rock, and an ancient lake bed ...

In Antarctica, there’s a natural phenomenon that, for more than a century, has surprised scientists and explorers: an intense ...

A bright red waterfall bursting from beneath the Taylor Glacier in East Antarctica lies right in the middle of one of the coldest regions on Earth. Blood falls is among the most mysterious ...

The study also found that during this event, the glacier's surface dropped by 0.6 inches.

When a chunk of ice breaks off a glacier, that’s called calving. That can happen if the glacier gets warm or some other force makes a piece split off. The end of the glacier – where the iceberg slides ...