This is a huge problem for polar bears who live and hunt primarily on the Arctic ice. As these icy regions shrink, polar ...

The disappearance of glaciers is also creating opportunities for the multibillion-dollar mining industry. Like migrating salmon, mineral exploration companies are moving quickly into areas exposed by ...

Two important concepts in evolutionary biology, mutualism and altruism, were first made famous by the colorful anarchist ...

It's not easy being an amphibian. These creatures including toads, salamanders and newts face plenty of challenges as their habitat is lost to development and as climate change affects their ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter’s landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

Scientists have recreated the ancient habitat of dinosaurs that lived near the Antarctic Circle about 120 million years ago, ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter’s landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words ...