You may have spotted the ptarmigan, but did you find all five of her chicks? The ground beneath them is a hodgepodge of colours and patterns, so instead of blending in the ptarmigans rely on a tactic ...

The following is the July 2, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

Stable isotopes unveil ocean transport of legacy mercury into Arctic food webs. Nature Communications, 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60356-6 ...

Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the ...

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

Despite global reductions in mercury emissions, mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A study published in Nature Communications by researchers from Aarhus University and the ...

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 hundred… ...

Mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife are on the rise despite reductions in mercury release, according to a new study published Thursday.

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Donald Niedekker’s “Strange and Perfect Account From the Permafrost” offers an ambitious view of human history and is full of ...

There are two main sub species of walrus, the Atlantic and Pacific – which both occupy different areas of the Arctic. The ...