Antarctica’s eerie Blood Falls isn’t blood at all. Scientists have uncovered iron particles and hidden microbes beneath the ...

Blood falls in Antarctica are a striking crimson phenomenon caused by iron-rich brine oxidizing upon contact with air.

At the edge of Antarctica’s Taylor Glacier, a bright red stream pours out onto stark white ice, looking uncannily like blood. Known as Blood Falls, this phenomenon has unsettled explorers and puzzled ...

A blood-red waterfall in Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys has fascinated researchers with its color since its discovery in 1911 ...

Antarctica is also known to have some of the most extreme and harsh environments on the planet, where life struggles to exist in the freezing climate .

Antarctica's Blood Falls were first observed by Australian geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor during the Terra Nova expedition ...

Antarctica's Blood Falls, a rusty red cascade from Taylor Glacier, has baffled scientists since 1911. Recent high-resolution ...