During the cold and dark days of December, we will be able to look for animal tracks that tell us what they are doing as we approach the winter solstice.

Antarctica holds the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth, with Russia’s Vostok Station plunging to −128 ...

The snow this past weekend was a terrific introduction to winter. It has been so unseasonably warm recently I was afraid I hadn’t moved far enough north. The duality of snow is one of my favorite ...

This past weekend the landscape completely transformed - from rain-soaked and ice-covered bare earth to the clean slate of a fresh coat of snow. Snow on the ground, or the lack thereof, can have huge ...

Snow rollers are rare because it requires very specific weather and ground conditions for nature to make its own snowballs.

Researchers in Poland and the UK found that walking in the snow can have an unexpected effect on your mental health — and ...

I moved a little bit inland, away from the Maine coast, because I got tired of the ocean’s moderating effect; we would have rain along the coast, but not so many miles inland there would be feet of ...

Snow is nature’s winter insulation, and most of our plants are accustomed to at least some layer of snow protection before the coldest weather of winter arrives,” Don Kinzler writes ...

Snow avalanches represent one of the most dramatic manifestations of the Earth's cryospheric dynamics. Recent studies combine experimental field investigations and advanced numerical simulations to ...

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Billed as a “Winter Explorers Camp,” staff at the Ney Nature Center knew the lack of snow might test both them and the day-campers. Liz Sheppard, the naturalist at the 446-acre Le Sueur County Park on ...