The avionics technician from Ōhope, in eastern Bay of Plenty, has spent the summer season in Antarctica for the New Zealand ...

A strong offshore earthquake caused a tsunami scare in the far south of Chile and Argentina on Friday, with authorities ...

Chilean authorities issued a tsunami warning for the country's southernmost region Friday morning and both Chile and ...

Cerro El Cono is a solitary, pyramidal hill in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest whose origins remain mysterious and that holds ...

A hole the size of Switzerland opened in Antarctic ice over Maud Rise, driven by ocean heat, storms, and topography—raising ...

Strangest of all, scientists have found that its gusts of gas are loaded with tiny crystals of metallic gold, no larger than ...

An overlooked Antarctic water system could raise sea levels by more than 2 meters by 2300, computer simulations show.

Using teamwork, precision and lifesaving expertise, Airmen of the Wyoming Air National Guard's 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron played a critical role in the first successful evacuation of a ...

It’s not every day that you meet a “sea pig” or a flying snail. But aboard an Australian ship near Antarctica, scientists are doing just that. Aboard the RSV Nuyina, a team of Australian ...

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian ...

Soot from forest fires in the Amazon might play a role in the melting of faraway ice in Antarctica. For decades, scientists have known that black carbon from burning fossil fuels or forests ...

Wearing overalls, layered sweatshirts, and a knit cap to fend off the chilly weather, Rutgers biological oceanographer Mya Sharpe stood on a deck of Palmer Station on Anvers Island near the Antarctic ...