These six award-winning polar images reveal how Arctic wildlife survives at the coldest edge of the living world. Here’s a ...

This article is from Hakai Magazine, a new online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. The air is calm this Arctic morning as ...

The National Geographic Endurance is a comfortable base for explorations in icy waters, whether in the Arctic or in the ...

These four breathtaking Nature’s Best Photography contest winners turn snow into pure spectacle. Each frame is so icy, you’ll feel the chill through your screen. Few environments test life as brutally ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Oil companies operating in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska’s northwest coast will have a negligible effect on polar bears and walrus, according to a federal Appeals Court ruling ...

This photo provided by the United States Geological Survey shows a female Pacific walrus resting, Sept. 19, 2013 in Point Lay, Alaska. (Ryan Kingsbery/U.S. Geological Survey via AP) COPENHAGEN, ...

Churchill, Canada — On a cold November morning in the subarctic Canadian town of Churchill, Manitoba, Ian Van Nest sits in the warmth of his SUV and peers through binoculars at a pair of polar bears ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Polar bear populations in and around Alaska are declining due to continued melting of sea ice and Russian poaching, according to reports released Thursday by the U.S.

MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. The main habitat and migration areas of walruses shift due to the changing ice cover distribution in the Bering, Chukchi and East Siberian Seas due to climate change, Deputy ...

Polar bears are larger than grizzly bears on average, but the largest brown bears are nearly as big as the largest polar bears. Polar bears’ paws are better suited for swimming and walking on ice, ...

A mother and her young son died Tuesday in an extremely rare attack by a polar bear in the Northwest Alaska village of Wales, the state’s first fatal polar bear mauling in more than 30 years. Alaska ...