The Outside Story shows how needle-thin columns of ice protruding from the ground are formed from the liquid between soil particles.

A frozen chemical thought to be deadly is now revealing unexpected powers, scientists didn’t see this one coming.

Garter snakes can survive being frozen solid for hours. Here’s how evolution, biochemistry and behavior have allowed them to ...

Hydrogen cyanide, a toxic chemical, may have helped spark the chemistry that led to life. When frozen, it forms crystals with ...

A substance poisonous to humans—hydrogen cyanide—may have helped create the seeds of life on Earth. At cold temperatures, ...

Near absolute zero, atoms stop acting like particles and start behaving like waves. In this ultracold world, scientists can ...

The origin of life is surely one of the most important questions in biology. How did inanimate molecules give rise to the ...

"If you want to see some needle ice, but don’t want to visit the tundra, look before the ground has frozen or during a cold ...

By Rachel Sargent Mirus On an early winter walk with my three-year-old in a local town forest, we heard our steps crunch on the frozen ground. The dirt of the trail had been pushed up on ...

Frogs that freeze themselves solid in the winter and thaw in the spring inspired methods to extend the storage time for ...

VALLEY CITY, Ohio (WOIO) - One person is dead after a water emergency at a pond in Valley City on Friday afternoon. According to a release from the Valley City Fire Department, firefighters responded ...

Dramatic photos and video show firefighters crawling across dangerously thin ice to rescue a golden retriever that fell through a frozen pond during a morning walk. Firefighters in Rhode Island raced ...