A missing mountaineer wearing just jeans and a T-shirt has been found frozen to death in a block of ice on Spain's highest mountain. Max Schroeder, 30 - missing since…
Pair of terrified Arctic foxes flee massive Russian nuclear powered icebreaker as it bears down on them in a frozen river. The footage was shot by a crew member on…
Human remains found five months ago in the Swiss Alps have been identified as an English hiker who went missing nearly 50 years ago. The preserved skeleton of the 32-year-old…
A police dog accused of stealing a sandwich from a fellow officer has escaped wuff justice after he was put on trial in the court of public opinion - and…
Emergency workers 'fish' a helpless deer out of a frozen river after it accidentally fell through the ice. The poor creature was spotted swimming desperately in ice-cold waters of the…
Baffled wildlife officials in China are investigating how hundreds of wild ducks were found dead in a frozen river when they should have been flying south for the winter. The…
New research has suggested that Otzi the 5,300-year-old prehistoric iceman did not die in autumn before being preserved under winter snow, and instead had died in early spring on a…
An injured lone hiker trapped on an Alpine peak by snow and ice storms needs a "miracle" to survive, say rescuers. The man has been named only as Julian P.,…
The United States has returned a rare silver quarter shekel coin was minted by Jewish rebels 2,000 years ago on Temple Mount – and that could be worth as much…
Researchers have developed a new method to measure Arctic ice thickness and volume throughout the whole year by using satellite data. The international team consists of scientists from the Alfred…