Melting Arctic ice increases human and animal interactions, raising the risk of infectious disease spread. Researchers urge ...

In the past 30 years, the natural environment in Finland has undergone significant changes. Researchers at the University of ...

When the fur trade wiped out North America’s sea otters in the early 20th century, sea urchins—a favorite otter food—exploded ...

The concept of de-extinction has moved from science fiction to a plausible reality as scientists make strides in potentially ...

The Trump administration has proposed gutting NOAA’s cooperative institutes, which study everything from improving lifesaving ...

Climate change is creating new pathways for the spread of infectious diseases like brucellosis, tularemia, or E. coli in the Arctic, according to a broad international consortium of scientists with a ...

As Arctic ice recedes, orca whales have expanded their hunting grounds, leading to dead beluga and narwhal whales in Northern ...

The findings are part of a growing body of work showing that even in far-flung parts of the Arctic, plastic pollution is ...

The station was instrumental in studying Arctic ecosystems, climate conditions ... source for herbivores like reindeer and other grazing animals. Few other species of wildlife live there, making ...

The region’s transformation has ripple effects, from Arctic warming that touches every coastal city worldwide to shifting atmospheric patterns that can influence global weather. These conditions also ...

Dr. Paul Grogan is Professor of Plant and Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology in the Department of Biology at Queen's University, and was awarded a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in the ecology of arctic ...

As the Arctic warms faster than most ... like melting permafrost and shifting ecosystems—that could help spread infectious diseases between animals and people.' The researchers warn that Arctic ...