Yet despite the cold temperatures over the continent, the planet as a whole has set a new temperature record yet again: ...

Every state but Hawaii, California and Florida is likely to get a taste of wind chills of 20 degrees or colder.

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

An innocent question from a friend inspired one reporter to seek out sports buffs in a remote and chilly place: Antarctica.

According to the Severe Weather Europe website—an online resource of global weather forecasts—a mass of cold air, spurred by the polar vortex, has been forecast to move over Canada and the northern ...

In a recovery-bound economy, it’s probably hard to sell vacations that cost up to $12,000 per person. But for a few Prior Lake families, the experience of exploring an unusual destination ...

Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

When the automotive industry plummeted into catastrophe during the Great Recession, it wasn’t just the U.S. government that ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

Two gigantic canyons on the moon — both deeper than the Grand Canyon — were carved in less than 10 minutes by floods of rocks ...

Past colonial atrocities and catastrophes have not deterred today’s global powers from vying for control of the Arctic.