Flurries of questions about mysterious triangle-shaped snowflakes may soon subside, thanks to new research on snowflake formation. Most snowflakes are hexagons because of the arrangement of hydrogen ...

Flurries of questions about mysterious triangle-shaped snowflakes may soon subside, thanks to new research on snowflake formation. Most snowflakes are hexagons because of the arrangement of hydrogen ...

One hundred twenty-five years ago, Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley took the first microphotographs of snow; 46 years later he died of One hundred twenty-five years ago, Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley took the ...

“Silent, and soft, and slow descends the snow,” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writes in “Snowflakes.” Whether part of a dusting, coating, or misty blanket of snow, the delicate and hard-to-capture ...

Those crazy-eight flakes may be all over this season's sweaters, scarves, hats, gloves, holiday decorations and dinnerware. But the one place you won't see them is falling from a wintry sky. While ...

Winter snowstorms, like the Nor'easter that just slammed New England, transform gray days into winter wonderlands. So while you're stuck inside, or within snowshoe-walking distance, here are six fun ...

Most of Minnesota’s seasons mean ample opportunity to spend time outside appreciating nature. In the spring, the birds are back. In summer, the garden’s in full bloom. In the fall, pretty leaves. In ...