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

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

Polar bears are fearsome predators, but thankfully, most of us will never have to worry about encountering them in the wild.

Most of us know there's more than one version of English. What English people call a tap, Americans call a faucet; New ...

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

Cold-adapted animals started to evolve 2.6 million years ago when the permanent ice at the poles became more prevalent. There followed a time when the continental ice sheets expanded and contracted ...

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