People have been celebrating the summer solstice with elaborate rituals since prehistoric times. But humans aren't the only species to take mark June 21 as a special time. Studies are showing the ...

The Māori language describes 12 distinct types of snow. Researchers are identifying them in Antarctica as part of a project ...

Here's what to know about the upcoming 2025 summer solstice this week and when it last fell on June 22 — the rarest date for ...

When most people refer to the first day of summer, they mean astronomical summer—the summer solstice. In contrast, meteorologists define summer in the Northern Hemisphere as beginning on 1 June and ...

People have been celebrating the summer solstice with elaborate rituals since prehistoric times. But humans aren’t the only species to take mark June 21 as a special time. Studies are showing the ...

The solstice seems to act like a calendar reminder for trees. For example, at the solstice, trees growing in cold places slow down the creation of new wood cells and focus their energy on finishing ...

During the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice, the upper half of the earth is tilted toward the sun, creating the longest day and shortest night of the year. This solstice falls between June 20 and ...

Antarctica’s patterns of stark seasonal changes, with months of darkness followed by a summer of 24-hour daylight, prompted us to explore how a Maori lunar and environmental calendar (Maramataka) ...

Bundle up if you take Holland America's wildly scenic Norway cruise on the Nieuw Statendam. Summer temps are in the mid-30s.

The summer solstice is here. What to know about the longest day of the year Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer.