Learn more about the rock library that holds ancient rocks and clues from the Transantarctic Mountains.

The first search for magnetic monopoles in mantle-derived polar igneous rocks – thought to be likely to contain a higher ratio of monopoles to matter – has been conducted by researchers in Switzerland ...

An engraving of a polar bear hurling a rock at a walrus from Charles Francis Hall's 1865 book Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux. Smithsonian Libraries/Public Domain. In 1865, Arctic ...

A new scientific study has revealed that polar bears may resort to tossing rocks at walruses—intelligence previously thought to belong only to Yogi Bear.

And although less than 1.2% of these polar areas are covered in vegetation, the scientists discovered that over 90% of the rocks they looked at were colonized by the cyanobacteria. Similar activity ...

Secrets of ‘polar dinosaur’ forest home revealed for first time in 120 million years - At least 100 million years ago, dinosaurs thrived on the piece of land that is modern-day Australia ...

High-latitude polar deserts are among the most extreme environments on Earth. Here we describe a large and previously unappreciated habitat for photosynthetic life under opaque rocks in the Arctic ...