It’s winter in Antarctica and direct observation of the ever-widening crack in the Larsen C ice shelf has been difficult. However, geologists with Project MIDAS, a UK-based research project, have been ...

When massive blocks of ice detach from glaciers, it is known as calving. This process is one of the main ways that glaciers lose mass, and has long been a dramatic visualization of changes in ice ...

The calving process is natural and a majority of time it happens without much fanfare—which is by design. However, there are situations where cows or heifers need help and intervention is necessary to ...

In anticipation of calving season, the Kansas State University Department of Animal Sciences and Industry and K-State Research and Extension are planning a series of calving schools in January. The ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - It’s another year, and another round of cold weather during calving season. “I enjoy the calving process and I don’t mind a little trouble here and there,” Sumner County farmer ...

Scientists have identified a new method of ice calving called slumping, and it definitely is cause for alarm. This research, published in Geology and supported by NASA, the National Science Foundation ...

It's hard to truly appreciate the effects of climate change. We hear of a two-degree jump over the course of decades, of dwindling animal populations, and of sea levels rising inches. These effects ...

Our elk population is constantly being threatened by fragmentation. New biking trails are completed, and more trails are planned to be built in crucial remote and wild areas. The concept of biking ...

On Greenland’s coast, glaciers meet the sea in narrow fjords that have been carved over hundreds of thousands of years. Ice cliffs tower hundreds of meters high. At a glacier’s terminus, where those ...

Parturition, or the birthing process, has three stages. Understanding the stages is critical in order to know when/if we need to provide assistance during calving season to increase the likelihood a ...