The Arctic's "Last Ice Area" (LIA)—a vital habitat for ice-dependent species—might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ice-free in summer, which is expected to ...

The AWA — a vault 300 meters below the Arctic permafrost — houses art, music and a copy of the world's open source code.

Natural history museums broadly adopted the habitat diorama approach around the dawn of the 1900s. It is probably not a coincidence that dioramas became popular as a major change in biology was ...

A small, wooden diorama found in an ancient Egyptian tomb reflects the importance of grain in an agricultural society.

From vast ocean habitats to the frozen arctic tundra, there are many different types of ecosystems, each shaped by their unique climate and physical features. This free five-day lesson plan ...

The weather patterns have been very dynamic, with massive ridges and troughs in the jet stream leading to many cross-country storms while shots of Arctic air send temperatures plummeting.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — More than 95 million people are facing gripping cold Tuesday as a polar vortex sends temperatures plunging to record levels, closing schools, bursting pipes and forcing ...

Good news, folks: the off-road-minded customizers at Arctic Trucks have just dropped an extra-badass version of the latest Toyota Land Cruiser the company calls the “AT37.” Even better news ...

Denmark on Monday announced a $2 billion security plan for the Arctic ahead of a visit by the country's prime minister to Berlin, Paris and Brussels to shore up "European unity" on Greenland.

At 13,000 tons, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Polar Star is a mammoth vessel made to crash through Arctic ice more than 20 feet thick. But it is the U.S.’s only icebreaker that operates year-round ...

The ArcticCam gives the real-time view from the second floor of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner building in Fairbanks, Alaska. The camera is looking south toward the Chena River and downtown ...