Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

Russia’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers is worrying European nations. It’s not just about sanctions; the vessels also pose ...

More than 100 fishermen were rescued from a sheet of floating ice that drifted into waters off Russia’s remote Far East, ...

Some of the 300 Russian fishermen stranded on an ice floe drifting in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Western Pacific have refused evacuation, Russia's emergency ministry said on Wednesday.

On Nov. 11, a Yasen-class nuclear-powered submarine passed through the Soya Strait, which separates Japan’s northernmost main ...

The Rhode Island Foundation and the Newport-based Van Beuren Charitable Foundation have launched a program to reinvigorate ...

Several Lampropholis isla, or Scawfell Island sun skinks, as seen from above and below. Photos from Hoskin (2025) Want to read more? Check out our stories here. The new species’s scientific name ...

January in Russia conjures up images of Muscovites crunching ... and temperatures are well above freezing in what is usually one of the coldest months of the year. Even in Siberia and in many ...

The world's biggest iceberg, with a Game of Thrones style ice wall, is closing in on South Georgia Island off Antarctica ... style wall of ice that towers above the ship. With some waves breaking ...

because the seven Arctic states - besides Russia - we are all members of NATO now." Nuuk, Greenland - A blizzard whips the Danish, Greenlandic and Faroe Islands flags above the Joint Arctic Command ...

Russian nuclear submarines patrol the Arctic seas, while a growing fleet of nuclear-powered ice breakers projects Kremlin power across the region. China and Russia have conducted joint military drills ...