Animal teeth serve purposes beyond eating. Sperm whales use teeth to grip prey. Narwhals possess a unique tusk for ...

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

W hen we arrived in Yellowknife, the high school residence, Akaitcho Hall, felt like the biggest building I’d ever seen. Even ...

Fall travel usually means chasing foliage in New England or sipping wine in Europe, but a growing number of travelers are ...

A British explorer has made history by becoming the first person to reach seven of the planet’s most inaccessible places. Chris Brown, 63, is on a mission to visit all eight Poles of Inaccessibility ...

The Norwegian archipelago has warmed by 4°C over the past 30 years. Landslides and thawing permafrost threaten the population ...

They may lack windows and doors to keep icy winds at bay, but these former Soviet polar research buildings seem to have the ...

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) publishes a “Red List” of creatures faced with extinction, and ...

A Yorkshire explorer has made history by becoming the first person to reach seven of the planet’s most inaccessible places.

World governments have committed to protect at least 30% of the oceans by 2030. But to achieve it, they will need to put more ...

The Arctic Circle is on the radar of many adventurous travelers thanks in part to its vast landscapes, isolated villages, and ...

Polar bears have taken over an abandoned Soviet polar research station on small island off Russia's far northeastern cost.