It would be easy to envy bats, bears and hedgehogs their seasonal torpor, but research has suggested that humans once ...

While it’s adorable, and sometimes hilarious, for canines to wear winter clothes, it’s actually important for many dogs to ...

More than two dozen very rare Kemp’s ridley sea turtles arrived in the Keys Tuesday night after being rescued from frigid waters off the New England coast.

Condé Nast Traveler readers believe this major US city is the end-all-be-all for shopping destinations in the country.

They said don’t do it. We did it anyway. A freezing Arctic plunge kicked off this wild catch and cook adventure, testing our limits before we even picked up a fishing rod. What we caught (and cooked) ...

Senior Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder Matthew L. Druckenmiller receives ...

An Arctic cold front swept through Alabama early Monday, dropping temperatures and bringing the season’s coldest weather. Despite sunshine, brisk northwest winds are pulling frigid air, keeping ...

The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since records began, a US science agency announced Tuesday, as climate change triggers cascading impacts from melting glaciers and sea ice to greening ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — As December’s chill settled over Gaza, the family’s nylon tent offered little refuge. So each night, Eseid Abdeen covered his frail newborn son with four blankets, ...

The Arctic last season was the hottest it has been in the past 125 years. The extent of sea ice during its usual maximum in March was the lowest in 47 years of satellite recordkeeping. The North ...

The Arctic is a dramatically different place than it was 20 years ago, when scientists first began giving it an annual checkup—and its current state is dire. The first Arctic Report Card was released ...

A yearly checkup on the region documents a warmer, rainier Arctic and 200 Alaskan rivers “rusting” as melting tundra leaches minerals from the soil into waterways. By Eric Niiler Reporting from the ...