The Latest Breaking News from Arctic

When Alaska Natives debate proposals to drill and mine the landscape of the nation’s largest state, it involves more than an environmental or economic question

As the Arctic warms faster than anywhere else on Earth, animals that have evolved to survive the cold face unprecedented challenges. While scientists are learning more about how modern wildlife responds to environmental change, we still know little about how species coped in the past.

Scientists say it highlights how cold-adapted species struggle to adapt to major climatic events

The remains were found in the Arne Qvamgrotta cave in northern Norway which was first discovered in the 1990s.

Researchers have mapped the distribution of a jellyfish subspecies and found that creatures which lack a distinctive "knob" are somehow prevented from leaving the Arctic.

The Arctic island's ambitions of playing competitive international football remain a pipe dream after its pathway to FIFA membership was blocked.

Microplastics have been found in the placentas of unborn babies, the depths of the Mariana Trench, the summit of Everest and the organs of Antarctic penguins. But how do they travel through the world, and what do they do to the creatures that carry them? Here is the story of…

An Arctic expedition found a collection of ancient whale remains where a rapidly retreating glacier once lay.

A giant parachute built for the beleaguered European ExoMars mission has aced a drop test in the Arctic stratosphere.

It's a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear -- one of the most dangerous predators on the planet -- on an Arctic ice floe.

While attending a McLaren Arctic Experience event, a neurosurgeon lost control of his snowmobile and crashed into a tree, causing injury to himself and his rider. But after suing the company, his lawsuit has been thrown out.