Sea ice algae is an essential resource for the survival of many species living in the Arctic. Traces of ice algae have been found in many animal groups from tiny filter-feeding shrimp to large ...

New research suggests that most Arctic mammals may actually benefit from climate change. Arctic specialists like the Arctic fox, however, may not do quite so well. Cloudtail The world is warming, ...

Polar bears, walruses and belugas are just a few of the large, ionic mammals that rely on the icy remoteness of the Arctic to survive. As the climate changes and sea ice melts, it becomes more ...

Animals in the Arctic, including reindeer and golden eagles, are migrating earlier due to climate change, say researchers who have gathered a huge amount of data to study the behaviour of 86 Arctic ...

(Mass Appeal) – Do you ever wonder how polar bears or walruses or whales manage to stay warm in the cold weather and water of the Arctic Ocean, which can be as cold as 30 degrees? Bridget Leahy, ...

The Arctic is warming faster than any region of Earth, with potentially serious consequences for the animals scattered across its 5.5 million square miles of ice, open sea, boreal forest, and naked ...

A harrowing photograph of a skeletal polar bear has gone viral, with photographer Kerstin Langenberger claiming the Arctic animals are starving due to climate change. But polar bears, which have ...

When wildlife biologists visited a remote spot in Canada called Banks Island in the spring of 2004, they discovered thousands upon thousands of dead musk oxen. It took years to determine the cause.

Herds of horses, bison and reindeer could play a significant part in saving the world from an acceleration in global heating. That is the conclusion of a recent study showing how grazing herbivores ...

Scientists have uncovered the remains of a vast animal community that lived in the European Arctic 75,000 years ago. The bones of 46 types of animals—including mammals, fish and birds—were discovered ...