Security threats to the Canadian Arctic emanate from outside the region but target or affect the region itself ...

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

Narwhals are among the most elusive creatures in the ocean, with their long, spiralling tusks giving them an almost mythological quality. And whilst many people would pay good money to see these ...

From groundbreaking research to the beauty of marine sanctuaries teeming with life, these images shine a spotlight on the ocean and the Explorers who champion it.

The soldiers clambered onto snowmobiles and disappeared into a whiteout, snaking across the frozen Arctic Ocean in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Members of the Canadian and American militaries ...

Earth's oceans may seem like an expanse of the same water to us, but try telling that to a sea turtle or a whale shark. To trace the invisible routes that more than 100 migratory marine species ...

Sea ice extent in the Arctic has decreased by about 40 percent since 1979. New technologies are being deployed to regrow it.

NOAA officially recognizes new name, although it's been using the name since 1999. June 2021: National Geographic officially recognizes the Southern Ocean as the world's fifth ocean on World Ocean ...

The state of Alaska argues the boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is marked by the Canning River, while the federal government argues the Staines River marks the edge. (Screenshot from ...

Arctic sea ice growth was slow in February, leaving extent at record-low levels for the end of the month. In the Antarctic, the annual minimum in extent is imminent, and near a record low.

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Scientists aboard a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker have discovered something unusual in the Arctic Ocean off northern Alaska: a volcano-like structure rising more than 500 meters from the seafloor ...