Up to 98 percent of Antarctica is caked in miles-thick ice sheets, some of which formed millions upon millions of years ago.

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

Scientists have produced the most detailed map yet of the terrain beneath Antarctica's ice sheet, revealing a spectacular ...

Far below the frozen surface of Antarctica, scientists are uncovering a landscape that looks less like a featureless ice cap ...

Mars may have once possessed an ocean at least as large as Earth's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests. Previous research ...

The common denominator is a willingness to embrace the unexpected and a desire for something beyond the ordinary dining ...

The glassware aisle is a particular delight, offering everything from elegant crystal wine glasses (usually missing exactly ...

The return of humans to the British Isles after the end of the last ice sheet, which covered much of the northern hemisphere, ...