Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a beach or a panda somersaulting, actually lights up the same brain areas as ...

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High-res Arctic sea images should be declassified, says National Research Council.

Swedish photographer Christian Aslund visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, capturing images that recreated archive pictures of glaciers taken from the same locations more than 100 years ago.

NEWS ROUND-UP 06 October 2021 Doctored research images, Arctic sea ice and Germany’s climate policy The latest science news, in brief. Arctic animals such as polar bears rely on sea ice.

THE Messrs. Nelson have in the present work made a praiseworthy attempt at innovation on the usual style of drawing-room book; for that “The Arctic World” is meant mainly for the drawing-room ...

When it comes to insulation, Arctic animals are famous for having bodies that keep them warm. Polar bears live and hunt mostly on sea ice in the Arctic Circle. This region has winters that reach ...

Arctic animals are battling more diseases in recent decades. Here’s why.© EKATERINA ANISIMOVA/AFP via Getty Images Researchers study a polar bear suspected to have alopecia.

California-based photography Patty Waymire traveled to one of Alaska's Arctic islands to snap images of polar bears amid the snow and ice, but found that global warming has left the island warm ...

A 2014 study in Nature has found that Arctic mega-beasts like the wooly mammoth may have grazed a much more varied landscape than previously thought.

The latest major snowstorm to blow through the North Country brought headaches for people headed to work, but made for a winter wonderland for many kids and their pets.

Keeping tabs on polar bears, penguins, and other creatures via satellite can be cheaper, easier, and more accurate, scientists say.