Raccoons are medium-sized mammals that are native to North America and Mexico. These critters have also been introduced to ...

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You might think of Werner Herzog’s new book, The Future of Truth, as the story of two animals.  On the front cover, you see the silhouette of a lone penguin, somewhere in the middle distance, setting ...

Researchers have found 6 million-year-old ice in the Allan Hills region of Antarctica and say the oldest-of-its-kind sample offers an unprecedented view into Earth's ancient climate.

Step out of a helicopter onto a never-before-seen island in Antarctica’s distant south during this expert-led tour around ...

Step out of a helicopter onto a never-before-seen island in Antarctica’s distant south during this expert-led tour around ...

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ...

Unusual radio signals from beneath Antarctica’s ice continue to defy explanation. Several years ago, scientists using a cosmic particle detector in Antarctica recorded a series of puzzling radio ...

Some of these giant vegetarians were as tall as a 3-story building. Microscopic analysis of their teeth, bones and eggshells ...

A 2019 satellite photo shows the recently resurrected "Marree Man" geoglyph, which mysteriously appeared in the Australian ...

Leaders have failed to come to an agreement on critical fisheries management measures to protect Antarctic krill, penguins, whales ...