The lush greenery of the Amazon rainforest is often called the “lungs of the planet,” but really land plants are just half of the equation. The other lung dwells in the sea. Single-celled ...

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

Embedded in the sea ice of the arctic are creatures so small, you can't see them with the naked eye. These microalgae convert energy from sunlight into fuel. The arctic ecosystem depends on them. In ...

The world is filled with stunning creatures, some of which have mostly evaded human notice. One among them is the narwhal (Monodon monoceros), according to Discover Wildlife. Their features are so ...

As part of the EU project ECOTIP, an international team of researchers, including the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, has analyzed ...

The discovery of a deadly virus in Arctic whales, unveiled through drone technology, marks a significant step forward in marine research. This breakthrough ...

A photographer captured a beautiful moment in Svalbard's Arctic waters, but climate change threatens to change that.

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 ...

America is home to many animals, including beautiful, ugly, cute, dangerous, wild, and domesticated species. Among these animals is the Arctic hare, the largest hare in North America. The Arctic hare ...

Few complete skeletons remain of this gentle behemoth, who was destroyed by explorers and fur traders in the Arctic. Illustration of the extinct Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), a sirenian that ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, drones have been utilized to detect a deadly virus in Arctic whales, shedding light on significant health threats to these ...