Remote, windswept, and harsh, the isle is classified as a polar desert, with barren mountains rising above frost-worn beaches ...

the Arctic Desert is another colossal polar desert. It encompasses the Arctic Ocean and its surrounding regions. While most people picture Arctic landscapes as unending fields of white ...

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever ...

Churchill, Canada — Here on the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers and scientists like Geoff York. Buggies traverse the ...

Polar bear mothers in the Arctic generally give birth in early January around the start of the new year. The cubs are born ...

Researchers use remote camera footage and satellite collars to gain new insights into polar bear denning behavior and cub ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Polar bears are the ultimate survivors of the Arctic, thriving in temperatures as low ...

After nearly a decade of trying to learn details about polar bears’ denning habits in the Arctic, researchers have captured cubs emerging from dens on video for the first time. The footage was filmed ...

Since 1979, Arctic sea ice extent, a term that describes the area of the Arctic Ocean covered by ice, has been reduced by 40% in the late summer months. Global climate models have consistently ...

professor for polar research at the University of Hamburg and co-author of the study. “It’d be amazing if we could become more aware of this power and the responsibility that goes with it, as the ...