While diving into issues surrounding the Arctic Ocean, researchers discovered microplastics in the stomachs of dozens of seals. The research was published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin. It's the ...

Jørgen Berge and his team of biologists were tooling around in a Svalbard fjord in the middle of the night as part of a two-week-long sea-ice research cruise. Their motorized rubber boat was puttering ...

The remote archipelago of Svalbard offers travelers an unparalleled opportunity to witness some of the Arctic's most magnificent wildlife in their natural habitat. This Norwegian territory, renowned ...

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 ...

As temperatures rise, reindeer face a growing struggle to reach the lichen they depend on. More frequent and intense droughts, storms and heat waves, melting glaciers, warming oceans and rising sea ...

Toxins released by long-extinguished fossil fuel fires and gold smelters are showing up in the bodies of Arctic wildlife, according to new research pointing to mercury released by pollution hundreds ...

June 12 (UPI) --Mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife are on the rise despite reductions in mercury release, according to a new study published Thursday. Researchers from Aarhus University and the ...

In an era where technological advancements are reshaping environmental research, drones have been instrumental in unveiling a deadly threat to Arctic whales.

The winter of 2025 marked the warmest in 125 years of recorded history, according to the latest Arctic Report Card released ...

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the federal budget bill any day now. Though hunters and anglers have been celebrating the removal of Utah Sen. Mike Lee’s public land sell-off ...