A polar scientist explains the changes hunters who rely on the ice are seeing off Utqiagvik, and how those shifts are echoed ...

For the past three months the chatter of the Arctic Tern colony has served as the soundtrack of the summer breeding season.

New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, ...

Scientists used ice cores and underwater drones during an expedition to understand how life survived in the extreme ...

The ocean’s tiniest powerhouse may burn out in a hotter world, threatening life far beyond the microbes themselves.

The icy region under the Arctic Ocean is known to trap an organism which scientists long believed turned dormant. Since the frozen region had caught it, one would assume the organism wouldn't remain ...

Hidden within Arctic ice, diatoms are proving to be anything but dormant. New Stanford research shows these glass-walled ...

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.

The National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions cruise from Iceland to East Greenland offers a blend of wildlife encounters, ...

An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land in northern Sweden and altering ...

Awe-inspiring photographs of wildlife chosen from a record 60,636 entries to the prestigious Wildlife Photographer Of The Year competition by the Natural History Museum of London.

Alaska’s vast, frozen landscapes host some of the most remarkable wildlife on Earth. As North America’s northernmost state, Alaska provides a vital habitat for numerous arctic species that have ...