With oil drilling threats looming in a federally protected reserve the size of South Carolina, faith leaders hope to reframe ...

Scientists have unveiled a remarkable discovery beneath the Arctic ice, revealing a hidden ecosystem thriving in one of the planet’s most inhospitable environments. This groundbreaking find, announced ...

An eight-month expedition will set off soon from Norway on a mission to find new species before the climate crisis and pollution changes the northern ocean for ever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Measurements were taken at 13 different locations in the Arctic Ocean. (CREDIT: Lisa W. von Friesen) The Arctic Ocean, once locked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rising Arctic iceberg traffic is dropping rocks onto the deep seafloor, boosting biodiversity and raising new risks for ships.

If you pull an ice core from the outer edges of the Arctic polar cap, you might spot what looks like a faint line of dirt. Those are diatoms—single-celled algae with outer walls made of glass. Their ...

Beneath the Arctic permafrost, ancient organisms have lain dormant for approximately 40,000 years, preserved in a frozen state that halted their biological activity. Recent scientific observations ...

Life in the ancient Arctic: Tiny teeth of newly discovered species suggest it was a cradle of mammalian evolution by Sarah Shelley, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan ...

In winter arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white, polar or snow fox, is a small fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome© ...

Far below the Arctic’s drifting ice, the seafloor has begun to change in a way few people ever see. Stones are falling out of melting icebergs, landing on soft deep-sea mud, and creating new places ...