Polar bears, the iconic creatures of the Arctic, have a role that extends beyond their status as apex predators. They are vital contributors to the Arctic ecosystem, providing millions of kilograms of ...

Bowhead whales survived thousands of years of climate change, but human hunting caused damage that still continues today.

The fragile Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic transformation, according to a University of Gothenburg study. The international research shows that plants from nearby forests are steadily ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued its annual Arctic Report Card on Tuesday, which documents the way rising temperatures, diminished ice, thawing permafrost, melting glaciers ...

The Arctic Ocean, once locked in a vault of thick, old ice, now is transforming at lightspeed. Temperatures there are increasing at up to four times the rate of the planet overall, melting sea ice ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VARDØ, Norway (AP) — In one of the top ...

In a remote corner of Northern Norway, inside a dark coastal cave sealed off for millennia, scientists have opened a rare time capsule of life from 75,000 years ago. The bones and DNA traces of dozens ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The study, from an international team of researchers who analyzed decades of data, declares that a "new era" of extreme weather ...

The findings are important because methane is over 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Arctic lakes are already major natural methane sources globally, but the processes ...

VARDØ, Norway (AP) — In one of the top Arctic birding destinations in the world, environmental and health challenges are threatening some of the seabirds that are part of Norway’s unique coastal ...