The Springfield area contains countless potential state medalists in track and field this outdoor season. Here are 31 primed ...

What is Massachusetts famous for? It's one of the original states in New England that achieved independence from the English.

The Northern Lights or aurora borealis may be visible in the U.S. this week due to a coronal hole and a "co-rotating ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better ...

Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a "new normal" that may accelerate global warming and ...

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.