Arctic sea ice hits lowest winter level as unprecedented heat hits smashes records all over Earth The war in Iran sparks a ...

Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and ...

On the other end of the planet, Antarctic sea ice is heavily affected by local weather and ocean factors. In February, ...

As technologies to grow food in space see increasing popularity, NASA astronaut Don Pettit sheds more light on his space ...

A new study shows evidence of “evolutionary rescue”—a kind of rapid evolution in which organisms genetically adapt to severe ...

As the conflict enters its third week, some nations are trying to reduce energy use, including a mandatory energy holiday in ...

The warming world has disrupted the timing for plant and animal reproduction, and it's usually bad news for species that ...

The human circus is in town, and the locals are excited. Word spreads through the colony that the new Douglas Mawson ...

When scientists look at the effects of a warming planet on wildlife, the news is almost universally grim. Animals and plants ...

Bacteria living in Antarctica’s barren desert soils have developed a survival strategy that defies conventional biology: they ...

Bacteria living in the barren, ice-free soils of Antarctica have found a way to endure months of freezing darkness without ...