Arctic winters are melting fast. Scientists in Svalbard report rain, thaw, and rising risks in what was once reliably frozen terrain.

When the U.S. Constitution was ratified, Congress was granted power to establish post offices and mail routes — many along existing Native American trails. These post roads, first used by mail ...

Pakistan on Saturday warned of glacial flooding in the northwest with more rain forecast for the area in the coming week. Downpours are heavier in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

Every fortress in Bhutan hosts an annual festival, and the time is coming for the Paro Tschechu festival of the Rinpung Dzong — the massive, ancient fortress and monastery of Paro. The men are ...

As South Africans head into the final weekend of July, expect partly cloudy and chilly weather across the country.

Nearly from the moment Gutzon Borglum carved the stone monument to “The Start Westward,” the centerpiece of Muskingum Park ...

The first day of August is coming on Friday, and that means many people have already started to look ahead to the end of summer. There are plenty of other signs all around us that even though we are ...

Blizzards have returned to alpine areas as much of Australia cops a drenching from a sprawling rain band moving across the ...

Amid financial problems and workforce reductions, the U.S. Postal Service is celebrating 250 years of history.

The Ozarks are full of natural beauty, but they also hide one of the region’s most fascinating secrets – microclimates! The ...

An image captured by NASA’s Terra satellite is giving us a new and stunning look at how a rare snowfall cloaked the Atacama ...

Northwestern University and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) scientists have developed a new process-based ...