In my last article, From Musandam to the Rooftop of Africa, I wrote about climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. That adventure was made ...

Polar bears are one of the largest mammals on land; only the African elephant can tower over the polar bear in this corner of ...

Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

Shedd Aquarium welcomed its first beluga calf in four years, born to 35-year-old Naya. The baby is thriving under expert care ...

The county's only emergency shelter is cutting emissions and costs, thanks to a donor doing his part to curb climate change.

Every year of the past 10 has been the hottest on record, with 2024 topping the heat chart. It’s not only air temperatures ...

Experience an unforgettable adventure seeing humpback whales when you go whale watching with Rudee tours in Virginia Beach, ...

Extensive evidence, including global temperature and sea ice data, shows Earth's climate is changing due to human activity.

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

A new look at fossils from the Cambrian Period around 500 million years ago has revealed that some of the earliest animals spent time on mudflats that were sometimes exposed to the air – a find that c ...

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.