A wide variety of Arctic animals, including polar bears, are being exposed to a tick-borne pathogen normally associated with rabbits and hares, a newly published study said. The findings are intended ...

The oldest Arctic animal community in Europe has been discovered in Norwegian cave, consisting of 46 species that lived ...

For 50 years, scientists have known that some Arctic and Antarctic fish survive the ultracold depths by producing “antifreeze” proteins in their bodies to protect against the subzero temperatures. Now ...

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada’s massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that’s on a low fat, low ice diet because of ...

Moonshot proposals to save the poles are gaining popularity as the planet heats up. But none of the most high-profile ideas ...

Around 11:30 a.m. or so, you might find yourself hankering for lunch. The reason for this is that our biological rhythms are trained to tell ourselves when we are hungry, and when we do get that ...

Scientists for years have alluded to this outcome occurring once ice caps fully melt during summer, potentially prompting an ...

University of Delaware professor Jonathan Cohen has been to Norway on nine previous occasions, but he’s never had the opportunity to stay in Norway for more than two weeks. That’s about to change, as ...

Arctic explorer and adventurer Mark Wood joins WIRED to answer the internet's ice cold questions about polar expeditions. How does an average person travel to the arctic? Can they? What does it take ...

They need seals to eat, sea ice from which to hunt the seals and, if they’re lucky, a mate. But some of those necessities are getting harder for the bears to come by. The Arctic is warming up to four ...

An expert discusses the many ways that Alaska's arctic sea ice melt is affecting the lives of those who live in the area.

Scientists have uncovered the remains of a vast animal community that lived in the European Arctic 75,000 years ago. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. The bones of 46 ...