Long before highways and high-rises, Earth was home to some seriously massive, strange, and downright wild animals. These creatures ruled the Ice Age and thrived in frozen landscapes. But as the ...

When temperatures sink well below zero and the ground freezes solid, most animals head for shelter or migrate somewhere ...

Anyone who has ever plucked chicken nuggets from the freezer knows that if you want to keep something preserved long term, it helps to keep it cold. Most of our planet experiences annual seasonal ...

Researchers have found 6 million-year-old ice in the Allan Hills region of Antarctica and say the oldest-of-its-kind sample ...

Paleontologists often gather truckloads of fossils from the mines, but mummies are special and rare. Photos from inside the gold mines and the lab offer a glimpse at the ancient past. Miners are ...

Researchers found that the fringes of Arctic sea ice tend to host more nitrogen-fixing bacteria and higher nitrogen-fixing ...

Beneath the ice of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, scientists discovered a vast, organized city of fish nests revealed after the ...

Arctic seals are losing the ice they need to survive, and scientists say the crisis is accelerating. Three Arctic seal ...