Bear Island is a small island nestled between Spitsbergen and the North Cape, at the limits of the Norwegian and Barents Sea.

While Glacier National Park draws in visitors by the millions with its internationally renowned beauty, the surrounding ...

An unusual meeting of communities gathered to pay tribute to Yala, one of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region’s most-studied and ...

The warming has led to retreating glaciers and a loss of sea ice in the region, and it may also make the stratospheric polar vortex less stable, though that connection isn’t yet clear to scientists.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — In the never-ending lightness of the Alaskan summer, baseball at midnight needs no artificial ...

An opening was suddenly available on Flathead Lake and I eagerly paid 18 bucks to the state to reserve a tent site next to the water. I, and what seemed like a gazillion other Americans were online ...

Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have elevated the state to Preparedness Level 5, which is the highest level, as ...

Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.

That’s why it took scientists by surprise when dozens of lightning strikes were detected within 300 nautical miles of the North Pole this past weekend. In fact, it was so unusual that it was ...

One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.

One expert notes that glacier shrinkage has wide effects on agriculture, fisheries, drinking water levels and cross-boundary ...