Polar bears, the iconic creatures of the Arctic, have a role that extends beyond their status as apex predators. They are vital contributors to the Arctic ecosystem, providing millions of kilograms of ...

The fragile Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic transformation, according to a University of Gothenburg study. The international research shows that plants from nearby forests are steadily ...

Bowhead whales survived thousands of years of climate change, but human hunting caused damage that still continues today.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued its annual Arctic Report Card on Tuesday, which documents the way rising temperatures, diminished ice, thawing permafrost, melting glaciers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The study, from an international team of researchers who analyzed decades of data, declares that a "new era" of extreme weather ...

The findings are important because methane is over 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Arctic lakes are already major natural methane sources globally, but the processes ...

A firsthand Arctic expedition inspires students to connect with wildlife, climate impacts, and real-world conservation ...

Velma has been at the Floyd County Humane Society for 421 days waiting for her forever home. Before she came to FCHS, she was at the local pound for months also waiting. She was surrendered with her ...

Tundra plants can eek out an existence in the very short summers of the Canadian High Arctic such as here on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. (Anne Bjorkman, University of Gothenburg) Rapid climate change ...

In a remote corner of Northern Norway, inside a dark coastal cave sealed off for millennia, scientists have opened a rare time capsule of life from 75,000 years ago. The bones and DNA traces of dozens ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. River aufeis (ow′ fīse) are widespread features of the arctic cryosphere. They form when river channels become locally restricted by ice, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VARDØ, Norway (AP) — In one of the top ...