For decades, scientists were baffled by why thorny skates in the North Atlantic came in two distinct sizes. Despite extensive ...

When the A-84 iceberg calved in January, it unveiled a 209-square-mile swath of seafloor. Nearby scientists rushed to the ...

The birds spend most of their lives in the open ocean. Observing birds at sea is nearly impossible, so much about puffins remains a mystery. Ecologists like Erpur Snær Hansen, who leads a team at the ...

In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers used viral metagenomics to identify several viruses — including one new ...

It is six in the morning. Chennai is just waking up. But the spacious, well-lit studio called The Pole Camp on Harrington Road is already abuzz with activity. Students of all ages, from 12 to late ...

Low humidity and gusty northwest winds will increase the risk of “adverse fire behavior and rapid fire spread” from the afternoon through early evening Saturday, according to the National Weather ...

"There is less co-operation now in both [the North and South ... strategic southern pole region have a dual use for ...

Antarctica is like no place on Earth. The "White Continent" has lured explorers and scientists to its stunning, ice-encrusted ...

Few things in life go better hand in hand than a trip to the seaside and a portion of fish and chips. But while this may be ... while locals have written to the council to complain. In a statement to ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Standing on the edge of Jacksons Hill, 40 kilometres north-west of Melbourne’s CBD, Jarrod Bell can see his beloved Sunbury’s ...

While on a family holiday to Thailand in 2013, a six-metre fall off a dodgy balcony left Sam Bloom with a shattered spine and paralysed from the chest down.