This sea lion aborts its pursuit of some king penguins on a stunning beach in the Falkland Islands. Find out why.

As the planet warms, nature is adapting in surprising and sometimes unsettling ways—one of the most fascinating is the rise of hybrid animals in northern regions. In this video, we dive into the ...

Polar bears enjoy swimming in cold water for hunting, cooling off, and playing, and they are majestic to watch.

A new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth, musk ox and arctic fox evolved to survive the cold during the ice age.

How do animals survive the scarce water and extreme ... Cold deserts, such as the Gobi Desert, are found in polar regions with very little precipitation in the form of rain or snow.

Some Arctic animals like reindeer have several genetic adaptations to help them thrive there, and one of the region’s top predators is no exception. Scientists are piecing together when polar ...

A new study has revealed when and how animals like the woolly mammoth, musk ox, and arctic fox developed special adaptations ...

During the winter months in each hemisphere, the polar regions gain sea ice as seawater freezes. That total amount has been shrinking steadily in recent decades. Sea ice is critical habitat for a ...

Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young.

Stories have surfaced of animals fighting off new diseases and sometimes losing that fight. The bird flu infected and killed a polar bear and ... at the Army’s Cold Regions Research and ...

Since all plants and animals have a diverse microbiota ... how photosensitive microbes can help plants adapt to polar regions. Climate change has a major impact on Earth's polar regions Climate ...

The polar regions are defined by stark contrasts in ... are integral to the health and development of plants and animals. Saikkonen's team hypothesized that microbes may assist plants in adapting ...