The loss of iconic Antarctic wildlife is no longer a future possibility. It is happening in real-time, while we watch.

Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals are both now categorised as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .

Two iconic Antarctic species are now endangered due to melting sea ice, an international wildlife group has found. (AP Photo) ...

Antarctic fur seals are the smallest of the polar seals and live almost exclusively on the island of South Georgia. The ...

Climate change is pushing two iconic Antarctic species toward the brink of extinction, a new assessment finds.

Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to basically tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents. Arctic sea ice levels, ...

Experience the raw beauty of Alaska in this breathtaking wildlife and nature compilation. From fearless squirrels and tiny pikas on a mission to powerful eagles, Arctic predators, and salmon filling ...

The Arctic has been in the news a lot lately. Between the increased geopolitical interest in Greenland, claims over sovereignty, resource exploitation and the devastating impacts of climate change, ...

The coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a special and unique place in northernmost Alaska that supports calving caribou, denning polar bears, migratory birds that visit every state ...

At –40°F, cold is not a condition simply to be managed. It is a constraint that governs everything. Equipment fails, humans slow, and mistakes compound. Any serious discussion of Arctic military ...

Even while being hammered by rapid climate change, the Arctic has long managed to keep its balance. “For decades the Arctic was a rare, low-tension region where international cooperation prevailed,” ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mariah Meek, Michigan State University (THE CONVERSATION) The largest tract of public ...