Beneath the Arctic Ocean's frozen surface, a predator unknown to most people holds the same ecological power as the polar ...

As the Arctic loses ice, more dark ocean water is exposed. It absorbs additional sunlight, warming the ocean. That stored ...

Relatively few people have been to the Arctic, and even fewer have set foot in Antarctica. Most people rely on imagination ...

The Arctic is becoming increasingly important because of its strategic location, military value, shipping routes and natural ...

Narwhals are known as “unicorns of the sea” for their long spiral tusks — actually teeth — which lend them a mythical ...

We explain why large flocks of migratory shorebirds are returning to north-western Australia from Northern Hemisphere ...

KANGERLUSSUAQ, Greenland, Sept 2 (Reuters) - For the first time in recent history, Danish conscripts have been deployed to ...

Chinese and Russian researchers have conducted their first joint on-site observation of Arctic sea ice, an effort a Chinese ...

As autumn gives way to winter across the Arctic, the ground doesn't immediately freeze solid. Instead, soils often linger near the freezing point for days or even weeks in a phase called the zero ...

Empowered by an international court order, Norway captured the vessel as part of a global effort to seize Russian assets. The ...