While colder temperatures have been recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica (minus 128.6 degrees on July 21, 1983) and Klink Station, Greenland (minus 93.3 degrees on Dec. 22, 1991), Oymyakon's coldest ...

The long-ignored continent of Zealandia has now been mapped and officially recognized as Earth’s eighth continent. Stretching ...

A 1.4 million-year-old fossil jaw belongs to a previously unknown human relative from southern Africa, a new study finds.

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.” ...

Our 21-day expedition cruise on the Seabourn Pursuit came with excursions throughout Antarctica, Falkland Islands, and ...

More than 25 million Americans have a fear of flying, also known as aerophobia or aviophobia. This type of anxiety may be all ...

Special report We humans have gorged ourselves on fossil fuels for well over a century, and the bill for that delicious, ...

Earth has a lot going on under the surface - even in what may have once seemed to be its most unassuming layer.

Based on individual trends within cities, Washington was by far the leader in rat increases, followed by San Francisco, ...

Of all the whimsical ideas Rob and Charlie Tétrault had as kids, a trip to Antarctica may have seemed the most far-fetched. So it’ll be something of a dream come true for the Winnipeg brothers when ...

F) captured at Vostok Station in 1983.Imagine trying to warm up in that situation! While we think of cold winters as ...