Arctic marine life is notoriously difficult to study because of its remoteness. But drones have enabled whales to be monitored and diagnosed while being minimally invasive, according to a new study.

“We found some variants that may have been selected in the last ~70,000 years (i.e. they were not in the fossil polar bears),” study co-author and University of Copenhagen evolutionary biologist ...

In Svalbard — An Arcticficial Life, Julia de Cooker photographs the life and landscapes of one of the northernmost human settlements. Cover of Julia de Cooker Svalbard – An Arcticficial Life (courtesy ...

The hardy Arctic fox spends its winters hunting alone across the frigid landscape. But these little foxes mate for life, and when spring arrives, it’s time to go home and reunite with their mate. A ...

Far below the ice and storms of the high north, scientists have pinpointed the deepest known Arctic vent system and found it bursting with organisms that should not, by any intuitive measure, be able ...

A polar bear stands on an ice floe near the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in June 2008. (AP Photo/Romas Dabrukas, File) (CN) — As record heat baked the Arctic for the third summer in a row, ...

Far below the ice, in a realm long assumed to be almost lifeless, scientists have stumbled on a thriving oasis nearly 2.5 ...

Until the last century, Inughuit peoples survived primarily by utilizing every part of their sea mammal prey. In this land without trees, everything—clothing, sleds, tools, weapons, fuel, kayaks, and ...

We’d been jigging spoons for five hours. We drilled through eight feet of ice to reach water. We had yet to get a bite. “It’s so peaceful out here,” my wife, Tiffany, whispered, not wanting to break ...