Diana Northup can get extreme about extremophiles, microbes that thrive in environments that would terminate us humans in seconds flat. "We think we're superior beings, but these guys are really where ...

High on Mount Erebus, Roberto Anitori climbed into an ice cave near the summit of the second-highest volcano in Antarctica. Although he stood on a massive 12,447-foot mountain, his research involved ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dave Steinmann wasn’t the only thing crawling on his belly in a toxic cave near Steamboat Springs over the last decade. Cave worms — technically known as ...

Against a backdrop of blazing blue sky, two women rappel 300 feet down a red limestone cliff, dropping into a pitch dark cave that's "almost certainly never" been seen before. Blending science and ...

Most forms of life cannot survive extreme environmental conditions, like excessive temperatures. Likewise, the significant majority of species on our planet have a set lifespan and cannot exist past a ...