As polar ice continues to melt at alarming rates, Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are facing unprecedented challenges. From ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

The president plans to order new icebreakers to help compete with Russia and China, but the first one the U.S. has built in ...

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic traditionally use polar bear fur for its ice-resistant properties, but the science behind ...

Sparsely populated and largely impassable, areas within the Arctic Circle are nevertheless becoming one of the most important ...

The vortex is essentially an area of low pressure in the upper layers of the atmosphere over the polar region up north. This ...

Polar bears thrive in the harsh Arctic due to unique adaptations. Scientists discovered their greasy fur prevents ice from ...

A decrease in pressure ridges over the past 3 decades is making the ice more uniform, with unclear consequences.

The North and South Pole regions have warmed by about three degrees C compared to the late 19th-century. Read more at ...

More than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Moscow has built more than 475 military ...

Polar bear fur resists ice because of a natural greasy coating called sebum. This helps them move quietly while hunting.

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...