Polar bear encounters with people are rare, but they can happen to people who live in, work in, or visit the Arctic. Here's how to stay safe.

From Santa’s reindeer and the Hanukkah armadillo to some very festive sea worms, our changing world is changing life for ...

From Santa’s reindeer and the Hanukkah armadillo to some very festive sea worms, our changing world is changing life for ...

Far below the ice and storms of the high north, scientists have pinpointed the deepest known Arctic vent system and found it ...

From polar pack ice to Arctic archipelagos, these winning images reveal how life is exquisitely engineered to survive at the ...

Dynamic mounds made of methane at a depth of some 3,640 meters act like “frozen reefs” for a bizarre array of deep-sea ...

The past water year, October 2024 through September 2025, brought the highest Arctic air temperatures since records began 125 ...

Giant amphipod species Alicella gigantea, once thought to be very rare, is found to inhabit the majority of Earth's deep ...

From the first sighting of a colossal squid in the wild to a seriously goofy octopus, 2025 delivered some astounding photos ...

Shouts of "goo goo g'joob" would likely have been just as unwelcome to the walrus as the pops and booms of fireworks.

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