Ice-cream production in this quiet Ecuadorian town began in the mid-20th century in a convent for Franciscan nuns.

"Shifting ecosystems on land and at sea underscore this sensitive region’s rapid and unprecedented transformations." Hundreds ...

The answer to why there is more air traffic over the North Pole than the South Pole is easy - there is far, far more ...

The landscapes of polar regions have a unique fascination for those who have ventured there. Celebrated by great explorers ...

Brits are bracing for another bout of snow in the coming days, with freezing conditions expected to sweep across the country ...

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are finding a new place to roam in the rapidly changing Arctic Ocean. Though Indigenous people ...

Magnetic Tornadoes Researchers have observed mysterious, "dark ovals," each roughly the size of the Earth, dotting the polar ...

SEATTLE – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed Seattle, Friday, beginning their deployment to ...

New research on ancient bear fossils found in a Highland cave suggests that polar bears may have once lived in Scotland.

Jupiter reaches a stunning opposition, Mars is brilliant, Saturn and Venus light the evening sky, and Mercury rises before ...

Icicles amassed on a pier in St Joseph, Michigan, on Saturday, on November 30, as freezing winds from a polar vortex brought ...

Scientists studied bear fossils from Scotland's Bone Caves using isotopic data. Evidence revealed a marine diet, unlike ...