This video shows a polar bear walking across a rocky slope near the Arctic coastline in Greenland. The ground is covered with ...

In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica ...

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, ...

A recent satellite photo captured a stunning scene of sediment swirling across the West Florida Shelf after an extreme cold snap that covered large parts of the eastern U.S. in snow. When you purchase ...

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 ...

In the face of President Donald Trump's concerns about Arctic security and his calls for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, NATO has launched a security effort called "Arctic Sentry." "Still, in the face ...

As Russia displays its military might in the Arctic region, the Western alliance is beginning a mission to increase its presence there. By Lara Jakes Reporting from NATO headquarters in Brussels ...