The timber wolf thrives where strength and cooperation matter most. Living in packs of up to ten individuals, they patrol ...

The dingo is Australia’s largest terrestrial predator despite not being native to the continent. After arriving thousands of years ago, it spread across the entire mainland in just a century. Since ...

Polar bear encounters with people are rare, but they can happen to people who live in, work in, or visit the Arctic. Here's how to stay safe.

Dexter shared that whenever the penguins waddle by, the team pauses the science for a few minutes of fun. On their way back ...

Fossil egg found in Antarctica suggests marine reptiles laid eggs, challenging previous beliefs about ancient life.

Antarctica, one of the most remote places on Earth, teems with life. For tourists who make it this far south, the experience ...

These playful birds with different personalities cleverly steal stones from others' nests, carefully assessing a situation ...

Predator: Badlands is gearing up for its fifth weekend in theaters, and before the film has even arrived on VOD, it has just passed as one of the best sci-fi movies of the last 15 years. At the time ...

Around 12,000 years ago, the last Ice Age ended, global temperatures rose and the early Holocene began, during which time human societies became increasingly settled. A new study published in Nature ...

A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ice in Antarctica — the oldest dated ice on the planet. The collaborative ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In May 2014, NASA announced at a press conference that a portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appeared to have reached a point of ...