As demand for critical metals grows, scientists have taken a rare, close look at life on the deep Pacific seabed where mining may soon begin. Over five years and 160 days at sea, researchers ...

In the high Arctic, where polar bears have long symbolized the dangers of a warming planet, new research from Norway is ...

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

The largest animals on Earth are turning out to be hosts to microscopic life that science had never cataloged. New research ...

The life of one of the most remote grizzly bear populations in the world is being documented by the animals themselves, with ...

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

Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other whale species. That is why researchers have increasingly turned to ...

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

One of the most attractive critters at the zoo splashes through frigid waters: polar bears, the beauties of the Arctic Circle ...

A population of bears in Norway’s Arctic is confounding scientists’ expectations, getting fatter and healthier even as the sea ice melts rapidly.

Antarctic icefish have clear blood, no hemoglobin, and antifreeze proteins that let them survive freezing seas.

Palm Beach County will open two cold-weather shelters ahead of a cold spell that could bring the coldest air that the area ...