An international study reveals surprising bird nesting activity in the Arctic during the Late Cretaceous period. Fossils from ...

But according to a new study, the answer could actually lie in the Arctic ... are not limited to permafrost regions, as dormant pathogens can also be found in large bodies of ice such as glaciers.

Beluga whales are another unique cold-weather animal and are found predominantly in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. They inhabit cold coastal waters around North America, Russia, and Greenland. Beluga ...

What is known about them is they tend to be seen in the frigid waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans. The slow-moving species is also ... That includes tropic regions but at greater ...

Despite global cuts to mercury emissions, Arctic wildlife are accumulating toxic levels as century-old pollution rides ocean ...

Despite falling global mercury emissions, mercury levels in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A new study reveals that ocean currents are delivering legacy mercury pollution from distant regions like ...

In a new study, scientists describe three new, but long-extinct, walnut species on ... Antarctica and the Arctic Circle were warm and blanketed with forests, in stark contrast to the freezing deserts ...

Russian scientists have unveiled the remarkably preserved remains of a juvenile saber-toothed cat, offering unprecedented insights into the species that roamed the Arctic during the Late ...

The Arctic lemming has been found to be well-suited for life in Siberia and other northern regions. Although this species had once inhabited England, it has since become extinct in that area.

Researchers found that the outbreak occurred around low sea concentrations, opening up a new road for the Arctic and sub-Arctic species to come ... at the Army’s Cold Regions Research and ...

A species that was hunted to local extinction has returned to its natural habitat, say scientists who witnessed the ...