If bowhead whales produce particularly varied and diverse calls in one area, it is very likely that the area is a breeding ...

The past water year, October 2024 through September 2025, brought the highest Arctic air temperatures since records began 125 years ago, including the warmest autumn ever measured and a winter and a ...

The increase in bears in the town is thought to be caused by climate change. — -- Polar bears are an enduring symbol of the wild arctic, a mighty beast that has made its home in punishing ...

Antarctica’s rapidly receding sea ice could have a negative impact on the food supply of seabirds that breed hundreds of miles away from the continent. Most of the world's albatrosses, and their close ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the ...

Polar bears are one of the most majestic, yet fearsome animals on the planet. The largest living species of bear and the largest land carnivore, the polar bear is closely related to the brown bear. So ...

As you enjoy the holidays, take a minute to think about our threatened polar bears. Somewhere in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, pregnant polar bears are curled up inside their dens ...

Wildlife biologist Dr. Devin Johnson of the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Marine Mammals Management Walrus Program isn’t entirely pessimistic regarding the plight of these animals. He has fond ...

Engineers in Norway created floating artificial "ice pods" for seals to replace the animals' vanishing habitat of Arctic sea ice. Rating: False (About this rating?) On Sept. 24, 2025, a rumor spread ...