As the weather becomes increasingly chilly, you might want to consider the Japanese home practice for warmer winter nights.

A recent incident in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture has brought attention to the increasing number of bear encounters in residential areas. On Dec. 23, a man in his 60s returned home in Kitakata City to ...

While a winter storm and ice storm are both wintertime hazards, the impacts can be very different. A winter storm is when heavy snow is expected. The National Weather Service (NWS) may issue a ...

Health psychologist Dr. Kari Leibowitz traveled to some of the coldest, darkest places on earth to learn how people there don’t just survive, but thrive in winter. She says that one of the key ...

We've named hurricanes since the 1950s. So why don't we name winter storms? After all, naming weather systems goes back hundreds of years. Storms are typically named after places, dates ...

World over, more people die in the winter than any other season. Scientists have investigated why for decades. They have some answers—but can’t explain the excess deaths completely. Across the ...

Washing your car during winter may seem pointless because of all the ice, sleet, and snow that’s still falling outside, but it’s actually pretty necessary. Below, we break down why it’s ...

Twin brothers Koki, left, and Kotatsu Kumakura pose while holding the mascots and wearing the uniforms of their respective J-League clubs, Yokohama FC and Ventforet Kofu, at a press conference in ...

The coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy exclamation point on America’s winter of repeated polar vortex invasions, meteorologists warn. And it will stay frozen there ...

Forecasters said the snow that fell in the Mid-Atlantic Tuesday was dry and fluffy to the north of Washington, D.C., but heavier and wetter to the south. Why is this? Air temperature is the ...