Carl Dunrud steadied himself against the small schooner. It was 1926 and the Yellowstone Park ranger and Wyoming cowboy had a ...

In the frigid waters of the Arctic, two of nature’s most fearsome predators,the Orca and the Polar Bear,come face to face in ...

A recent study is shedding light on the ongoing accumulation of mercury pollution in the Arctic — despite the international ...

Known as the deadliest beasts of the Arctic, these incredible creatures are apex predators that rule the frozen wilderness. Why watch this video? Discover why the polar bear, with its immense size and ...

Donald Niedekker’s “Strange and Perfect Account From the Permafrost” offers an ambitious view of human history and is full of ...

Today the Arctic is still a site of peril and promise. A new race to the North Pole is under way, as politicians dream of accessing mineral wealth buried in the permafrost and opening new trade routes ...

The Arctic is warming four times faster than any other place on the planet. As sea ice melts, new shipping routes between continents are opening up, and the yearly window for navigating through ...

Toxins released by long-extinguished fossil fuel fires and gold smelters are showing up in the bodies of Arctic wildlife, according to new research pointing to mercury released by pollution hundreds ...

Even as global emissions plateau, new research shows that wildlife in the Arctic is exposed to rising levels, posing a risk ...

Green Valley's Molly Sheridan completed seven marathons on seven continents in seven days this past February. That included ...

The Arctic is losing ice—fast. To better predict the future, scientists headed to the North’s last bastion of multiyear sea ice.