Animal teeth serve purposes beyond eating. Sperm whales use teeth to grip prey. Narwhals possess a unique tusk for competition. African elephants empl ...
After nearly four decades of connecting Arctic scientists to funding opportunities, research and education projects and each other, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States held its last ...
The oldest Arctic animal community in Europe has been discovered in Norwegian cave, consisting of 46 species that lived 75,000 years ago.
As I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape. Piles of blue and white sea-ice rubble several feet high gave way to flat ...
Sea ice floating atop the Arctic Ocean reached its minimum extent for 2025 on Sept. 10, covering 4.602 million square kilometers (1.78 million square miles) concluding this year’s summer melt-out.
W hen we arrived in Yellowknife, the high school residence, Akaitcho Hall, felt like the biggest building I’d ever seen. Even though so many of us were arriving at the same time, there was no disorder ...
Fall travel usually means chasing foliage in New England or sipping wine in Europe, but a growing number of travelers are looking farther north. Arctic ... Read more The post Arctic lodges are the ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld Orlando unveiled plans on Thursday for its new attraction, an immersive Arctic flying theater, which is set to open spring 2025. Guests can "soar" through the Arctic and see ...
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, whose way of life is highly greenhouse gas-intensive.
In the next few weeks, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government will make one of the most important decisions of its short life, with enormous consequences for Canada’s relations with the United States ...
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) publishes a “Red List” of creatures faced with extinction, and polar bears are listed as “vulnerable”, which means they face a high risk ...