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

What's the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment.

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.

Recent footage from the International Space Station (ISS) has revealed what the aurora borealis looks like from space.

Roman Vilfand noted another anomaly - in the Antarctica, at the South Pole, where the ice area is 5% below average ...

By Newsbase Extreme winter warming event linked to a deep low-pressure system above Iceland WHAT: The North Pole has ...

I haven’t yet seen a rundown from across the state of Idaho, but a couple of weeks ago Driggs bottomed out one morning at a ...

HX’s Fridtjof Nansen is set to celebrate its fifth year of service for HX (formerly Hurtigruten Expeditions) in early March.

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 ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

Julianne Fernandez parlayed her experience as a University of Cincinnati geosciences student into a career that has taken her ...