Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end ...

The project was approved more than a decade ago. Hunters say a lot has changed since then Baffinland Iron Mines is now ...

Great Basin National Park is a lesser-known treasure where visitors can enjoy the solitude of the ancient bristlecone pines ...

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...

A new study reported on by the Guardian has confirmed what climate scientists have feared for years: Earth's glaciers are melting at a record-breaking pace. Glaciers worldwide are vanishing at an ...

Hanne E F Nielsen receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Dutch Research Council. Rebecca Kaiser does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

The startling allegations were first made in an email sent by one of the researchers working at the South African National Antarctic Expedition base (SANAE IV) in Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land.

Currently, the main focus of research in the Antarctic revolves around climate change because the White Continent is a good barometer for changes in global cycles. It has a unique and fragile ...

Known as Bedmap3, this remarkable project has been led by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and brings together more than six decades of data. By combining information gathered from satellites, ...

“Here we show for the first time that a small amount of penguin guano causes a sudden change in the feeding and swimming behaviors of Antarctic krill,” Nicole Hellessey, a corresponding author ...

Scientists say they have the first recorded video evidence of narwhals using tusks not only to strike and manipulate fish during feeding but also engage in what appears to be playful behavior ...