Cars and trucks have difficulty driving in icy conditions, so how difficult is it to land much a heavier and faster airplane ...

Scientists are closely monitoring the iceberg due to concerns that it may collide with South Georgia Island.

The massive A23a iceberg, covering around 3,500 square kilometers (1,350 square miles), broke off from the Antarctic shelf in 1986 and remains the world's largest and oldest iceberg. After ...

Raul Cordero from Chile's University of Santiago, who is also part of the National Antarctic Research Committee, said he was confident the iceberg would sidestep South Georgia. "The island acts as ...

After a day-and-a-half at sea and with my lunch still where it’s supposed to be, we caught our first glimpse of land at Elephant Island. To attempt to describe the scale of Antarctica is nearly ...

some 75 miles north of the Antarctic Peninsula. The discovery near the largest of the South Shetland Islands is a omen of a potential invasion of the continent, the researchers suggest ...

US startup REGENT has broken ground on the construction of its new greenfield seaglider factory in Rhode Island.

The shark that Captain Carl Granquist caught just South of Charlestown in September is unique because of both where it comes ...

As one of the original 13 colonies, Rhode Island is home to many historic institutions of education. This does not just apply to the state's many historic colleges and universities, but also to ...

Microplastics, tiny plastic bits less than five millimetres in size, come from breaking down larger plastics and are now ...

Plans to expand the South County Troll Trail took two big steps forward last week when the state awarded two grants worth more than $200,000.