Arctic animals are battling more diseases in recent decades. Here’s why. Story by Kasha Patel • 2w. Living off one of the richest oceans in the Arctic, the polar bears by the Chukchi Sea ...

Arctic animals are exposed to more diseases It’s been harder for Rode, a polar bear researcher for nearly two decades, to do her job in recent years. Every spring, she and her team would sample ...

Various types of sled dogs have been used by humans across the Arctic for almost 10,000 years, but new research reveals one ...

Ancient DNA evidence shows that the advent of agriculture led to more infectious disease among humans, with pathogens from ...

Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.

The Earth’s oceans, comprising 71% of the planet’s surface, are divided into five main bodies: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, ...

The animal was first thought to have been spotted in the UK on the south coast of England three weeks ago, before arriving in the North Yorkshire seaside resort on Saturday.

The polar bears at the Buffalo Zoo are kept comfortable in the hottest months of the year with climate controlled habitats and always-cool swimming pools.

Researchers have measured toxins in scat samples from 205 bowhead whales from the Beaufort Sea, collected over 19 years, and ...