The Arctic's "Last Ice Area" (LIA)—a vital habitat for ice-dependent species—might disappear within a decade after the ...

As well as monitoring wildlife, we are tracking the changing volume and routes of ships traveling through the Arctic Ocean. While our research is at an early stage, it's already clear that ...

“The animals that depend on the edge of the sea ... “There’s the potential for a massive scrambling of genes in the whole Arctic Ocean,” Kelly says. “We did a survey of marine mammals ...

As sea ice melts, darker ocean water absorbs more heat, leading to further warming. The Arctic ecosystem is already feeling the heat. Polar bears, seals, and other wildlife rely on sea ice for ...

More than 37,000 citizen scientists have joined the Walrus From Space project, with the hopes of helping walruses ...

Svalbard, a remote archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean, is a place of pristine beauty, icy landscapes, and fascinating ...

Alaska’s northern frontier and Arctic Ocean waters are teeming with species found in few ... a plan to open more than a million acres of the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — one of the world ...

This free five-day lesson plan explores five versatile habitats, providing a daily lesson plan, vocabulary matching activity, ...

Each decade around 13% of the ice in the Arctic Ocean is lost, but scientists are ... by a stunning 95%" since the 1980s, said the World Wildlife Fund. From our morning news briefing to a weekly ...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain is seen on ... a relatively narrow strip of land between the Arctic Ocean and the mountains of the Brooks Range — is the calving ground for ...