Evolution, the process through which animals and other living organisms change their inherited traits over time, typically ...

Human bones and artifacts from the largest whalers’ graveyard in the archipelago are at risk of disintegrating.

Learn why prairie dogs are ecosystem engineers, how they communicate, and why they are vital to North American grasslands.

In an extraordinary climate-change twist, marine creatures are gaining new homes on the Arctic sea floor, thanks to glaciers breaking up hundreds of kilometres away. “Climate change impacts our world ...

The Arctic Ocean may have crossed a dangerous tipping point. Scientists say the rapid disappearance of sea ice is triggering a hidden chemical shift that is stripping the ocean of nitrate — a nutrient ...

Alaska’s long-struggling oil industry is attracting renewed investment as major discoveries in the Arctic and a more supportive regulatory climate revive interest in one of America’s largest untapped ...

Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to basically tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents. Arctic sea ice levels, ...

Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents. Arctic sea ice levels, especially in ...

Cold-climate animals are remarkably adaptable creatures, specialized for survival in some of the harshest temperatures in our environment. Species like arctic hares, emperor penguins, polar bears, ...

From polar bears and Arctic foxes to seals and snowy owls, the Arctic supports a remarkable range of wildlife built for survival in extreme conditions. Thick fur, layered blubber, and seasonal ...