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‘The Herds’ begins its journey from central Africa to the Arctic Circle
In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals — monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe — stand at ...
How insects and the smallest animals survive Antarctica
Mites are common in the Antarctic – there are hundreds of species. Some even live in the nasal cavities of penguins. Penguin ...
‘The Herds’ begins its journey from Central Africa to the Arctic Circle from Kinshasa
In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals – monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe – stand to ...
High mercury levels found in Svalbard birds
The arrows for Norwegian seabird populations are pointing downward. Researchers have now recorded mercury levels above the ...
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Polar Bears Have Taken Over An Abandoned Soviet Weather Station In The Arctic Circle
"We saw one, then we saw another one, then 20 of them. And they all were inside this building." Abandoned since 1992, the ...
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Scientists stunned after documenting eerie new behavior in Arctic waters: 'Now it's fairly common'
As global temperatures continue to rise, the Arctic is seeing non-native species — like salmon and humpback whales — moving ...
Scientists blame climate change for spread of infectious diseases and unleashing of ice-locked microbes in Arctic
Climate change is creating new pathways for the spread of infectious diseases like brucellosis, tularemia, or E. coli in the ...
Tales of Spring Subsistence Hunting in the Arctic: Bot Fly Larva, Caribou Fetus, and Boiled Eiders
Spring is harvest season when you're living off the land in the high Arctic. Here's how the author learned from Inupiat ...