For most of their evolutionary history, narwhals have relied more on sound than sight to survive in the Arctic’s dark icy ...

Remains of an ancient Arctic rhino indicate that land mammals traversed the North Atlantic via land bridges, and did so much ...

Emperor penguins march along the ice on Cape Washington on Antarctica's Ross Sea. Contrary to popular belief, these ...

As human activity grows in the Arctic, underwater noise is spreading through icy waters, disrupting how many animals ...

Instead of growing leaner like polar bears in other parts of the Arctic, those in Svalbard have gained body fat. Read more at ...

In the frozen wilderness of the Arctic, human survival historically depended on using every available food source. But one ...

More than 3,600 meters beneath the Arctic Ocean, scientists have stumbled onto a hidden world that should not, by conventional wisdom, exist. In the permanent night and crushing pressure of the deep, ...

Mercury (Hg) is an environmental concern in the Arctic, where high concentrations are found in top predators such as polar bears and toothed whales. Despite declining atmospheric Hg emissions since ...

The Arctic is experiencing a steady rise in human-generated underwater noise as melting ice and increasing activity open the ...