The first icefish was discovered in 1927, swimming in the frigid waters of the southernmost extreme of the Earth, the ...

For many years, scientists believed that life in Utah’s Great Salt Lake was extremely limited. Its caustic, hyper-saline ...

Looking for inspiration for your next poolside vacation? Take a peek behind the curtain at some of the coolest pools in the ...

Baby stars, teenage planets, and disappearing icebergs are all featured this week. Plus, a look back at a New Horizons image ...

Halifax's Victoria Theatre opened in February 1901 and a new display showcases its history.

Florida won’t be getting hit with massive blankets of snow and ice like the rest of the U.S., but even frosty windshields and ...

Looking for the viral penguin walking alone to the mountains? The clip, often called the “nihilist penguin,” comes from a ...

The three have launched the Ocean Stewardship Initiative to support the creation of a protected area in Antarctica.

We think of the internet as wireless and weightless, but its true foundation lies in the ocean’s depths, where nearly 900,000 ...

A team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the colossal Thwaites Glacier, with the help of a drill that uses hot ...

Scientists are using radar to study damaged ice both in Antarctica and, with the help of a NASA spacecraft, on Jupiter’s ...

About 700 million years ago, Earth was entombed in a veneer of ice hundreds of feet thick—a frozen state scientists refer to ...