Rarely in the news, the Arctic has returned to the spotlight following the return of Donald Trump as US president. But who owns this polar region, and why is it so important to Arctic nations?

The Arctic is changing, and scientists and residents alike are interested to understand both the reasons for and impacts of these changes, including how it’s affecting fish populations that Alaskans ...

Divers, underwater submersibles and remotely operated vehicles found 886 marine species over a 16-month period, and they have ...

Bacteria and other single-celled microorganisms in the seas around Antarctica are strongly influenced by water temperature ...

In a nutshell Migrating baleen whales transport thousands of tons of nutrients from cold, nutrient-rich feeding grounds to ...

Map of Arctic Ocean sea ice at 2024 summer minimum extent, compared to the median extent from 1981-2010. (NOAA) Global sea ice reached a new record low in February, according to the European Union's ...

Studying coral reefs used to mean hours of grueling manual analysis, but artificial intelligence is changing the game. A new neural network can process ocean sounds in real time, identifying fish ...

Sea turtles live in every ocean in the world except for the Arctic regions. There are seven species of sea turtles and six of ...

It is a world cut off from our own by thick blankets of floating ice, but some scientists are taking the plunge to learn how ...

Discover a pristine wilderness spanning millions of square miles in the Far North. For adventure seekers, an arctic ocean ...

The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain ...

A study led by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has used a novel approach to unravel the ...