New research has revealed that a hairy crustacean—dubbed "The Hoff crab" when it was discovered in 2010—is the first species ...

The world's biggest iceberg -- more than twice the size of London -- could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins and seals. Meijers said ...

Do all church buildings face east? Does this matter? Why have some Christian denominations constructed their church buildings so the doors face east? Why Do Some Churches Face East? The denominational ...

These images, snapped by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on January 1, show pools of pale blue meltwater peppered across the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica. This melting comes despite ...

The 1959 Antarctic Treaty established the principle of not allowing oil development in Antarctica, intended to maintain the continent as a place of peace and science. The treaty’s primary objective is ...

The phenomenon occurs because the Earth’s Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun as the planet rotates around it, and Antarctica is at its closest point to the sun on the rotation.

For instance, in the warm, calm eastern part of the Dotson ice shelf in west Antarctica, an autonomous robot observed basal terraces. In the west of Dotson – which experiences cold, fast ...

(Nairobi) – Civilians in East Africa and the Horn bore the brunt of armed conflicts between government forces and opposition armed groups in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in its World ...

President-elect Trump's incoming Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, is being credited with playing a key role in securing the cease-fire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas before ...

We’re roughly a third of the way through the Big East conference season and a clear big three of Marquette, Connecticut and St. John’s has emerged. They are somewhat safe bets to make the NCAA ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame? When you purchase through links on ...