Blood Falls is a waterfall of vibrant red water that oozes out of Antarctica's Taylor Glacier. Its unique color is due to iron salts seeping out of the ice that turn red when exposed to oxygen. The ...

It's a sinister-looking scene with a scientific explanation. Dan Smith takes us on a trek to the South Pole, to the ...

Ken Livi, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University, may have finally discovered the secret behind the mysterious "Blood Falls" of Taylor Glacier in Antarctica. Discovered over 100 years ago during the ...

For over a century, scientists have been puzzling over a mysterious, blood-red liquid that’s been seeping out of a glacier in Antarctica. The weird site, later dubbed “Blood Falls,” has confounded ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio Researchers here have discovered that a reddish deposit seeping out from the face of a glacier in Antarcticas remote Taylor Valley is probably the last remnant of an ancient salt-water ...

A bright red waterfall isn’t something you’d expect to see on the icy landscape of Antarctica, but that’s exactly what’s pouring out from the foot of Taylor Glacier. A team of scientists now claims to ...

15:14, Sat, Sep 20, 2025 Updated: 15:19, Sat, Sep 20, 2025 An eerie, red-coloured stream has been flowing in Antarctica for centuries, which stands out so much against the icy white landscape that it ...

An unmapped reservoir of briny liquid chemically similar to sea water, but buried under an inland Antarctic glacier, appears to support unusual microbial life in a place where cold, darkness and lack ...

image: Iron oxides stain the snout of the Taylor Glacier, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, forming a feature commonly referred to as Blood Falls. The iron originates from ancient subglacial brine that ...

A massive algae bloom has stained a Siberian glacier blood-red, and Russian scientists warn that the bloom will cause the ice to melt at a faster rate. Tomsk State University (TSU) scientists in ...

A large glacier in Antarctica produces a bright red river that oozes out of the ice, aptly named Blood Falls. Why the reddish water pours out of Antarctica's Taylor Glacier and into Lake Bonney ...