Scientists have discovered a rare red-coloured bacterium in an Antarctic lake that can survive extreme cold and intense UV radiation. The microbe could have important applications in biotechnology, ...

Climate change may threaten tens of millions more people than previously believed, according to a new study that says previous research used incorrect information about water levels along the world’s ...

Scientists from the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) in Pune have identified a previously unknown species of bacterium ...

Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where gravity is slightly weaker than expected. Scientists have traced this “gravity ...

Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to ...

Greenland's 2026 stamps are a glorious dive into the country's historical roots and culture. Everything from dogsleds to a solar eclipse is on tap for ...

Antarctica has lost enough ice over the last 30 years to cover the City of Los Angeles area 10 times over, according to new ...

A UC Irvine-led study used international and commercial satellites to measure glaciers and found more than three-quarters of Antarctica’s coast-reaching glaciers to be stable, with the other quarter ...

University of Michigan study finds noise harms birds' health in many ways, including their ability to reproduce ...

The Blood Falls is the result of a complicated interaction in which overlying ice, underlying rock, and an ancient lake bed ...

After analyzing three decades of satellite radar data, scientists have created the first continent-wide record of Antarctic ...

Global coastal sea levels are on average 1 foot higher than previously assumed, a new report finds, raising alarms the world ...