The discovery came as scientists from different organizations were aboard the Healy, one of two polar-class Coast Guard ...

A new volcano-like structure has been found in the Arctic Ocean near Alaska - Researchers detected a possible gas plume ...

A new environmental study recommends additional protections for wildlife, waterways and permafrost, with new rules for a ...

Alaska’s northern frontier and Arctic Ocean waters are teeming with species found in few other places, and many of them are now under threat from the oil industry and its enablers. Nearly all Arctic ...

The goal is limiting the footprint where seismic exploration could take place and avoiding polar bear dens and caribou ...

A group of muskoxen gather on the Arctic tundra near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Jeff Kerby) The story of Arctic greening has ...

Wiseman is located in Alaska's Brooks Range, about 15 miles north of Coldfoot Camp, 60 miles north of the Arctic Circle and 270 miles from Fairbanks. The community sits directly under the auroral ...

Fairbanks is centrally located in Alaska's interior, making it the perfect year-round basecamp to explore the Arctic Circle to the north and Denali National Park to the south. The park is a little ...

Belugas are commonly found in coastal waters of the Arctic Ocean, but are also at home in large rivers. They can move between salt and fresh water. They are common to Alaska, Russia, Canada ...

Bar-tailed godwits look for food in the mud at the Heathcote and Avon Estuary in Christchurch, New Zealand. From their breeding grounds in Alaska ... migrate on to sub-Arctic and Arctic nesting ...

Large numbers of Russian troops recruited from prisons to fight in the war in Ukraine have been killed in clashes on islands ...