Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

A Spanish scientific expedition has discovered columns of gas emerging from the seabed. Geologists also warn about the ...

Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.

Researchers in Poland have found more evidence of violent cannibalism in the wake of the coldest period of the last Ice Age.

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We celebrate 11 of the most beautiful mountains in the world: from the Alaskan wilds and remote Greenland to the giants of ...

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He surfed roughly 5-inch early ice Wednesday on Silver Lake. He’s also a 66-year-old retiree skateboarder. “I started sailing in the early ’70s,” said Kimball resident Jerry Sandell.

A month of late-season pheasant hunting remains while the last few days of the waterfowl season are ticking past. An early start to winter’s cold temperatures has most outdoor folks on hard ...