Antarctic Animals

Temperatures have climbed up to 45 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, stopping ice from forming in the dead of Antarctic winter.

Extreme heat coupled with humidity will make it feel like 109 degrees Fahrenheit as the holiday weekend approaches.

As worries about a growing super El Niño mount, new findings suggest a radical solution to mitigating its impacts.

Power companies are pushing aggressive time-based use pricing. Here’s how a regular consumer can benefit.

Long hours outdoors, day drinking, and World Cup matches are among the factors raising the risks of heat-related illness, as hot weather spreads across the eastern US.

Years after initial tests, researchers are now racing to see if a vaccine developed in 2011 can help fight the current Bundibugyo outbreak in Congo.

New satellite imagery reveals how much terrain has shifted in the wake of the twin quakes.

To build one family’s dream house on a flood-prone Mississippi bayou, AD100 architect Tom Kundig decided the sky’s the limit.

A new study has succeeded in mapping, on a global scale, the fungal network that supports plant life and helps regulate our planet’s climate.

Explore decades of incredible images and videos of stars, planets, moons, and galaxies—most of which are free to use and share.

Algae blooms, peeling paint, and a host of fixes from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubblers have made it hard to diagnose what’s wrong with the Reflecting Pool—let alone how to clean up the mess.

Warm weather has fueled a bloom that National Park Service workers are trying to kill using everything from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubbles ahead of July 4 celebrations.