The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has estimated that there have been sharp declines in Alaska's polar bear population. ...

Despite falling global mercury emissions, mercury levels in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A new study reveals that ocean currents are delivering legacy mercury pollution from distant regions like ...

The same could be true for the evolution of animal life on Earth. Whilst to humans the polar regions seem like the most hostile environments to life, they are the perfect place to study the past ...

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 ...

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 ...

The southern polar region, like its northern counterpart ... ground that contains thousands of years' worth of dead plant and animals, but as the Arctic rapidly warms, this ground is thawing.

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 ...

In January 2023, a polar bear in Alaska ... due to climate change. Because animal habitats are becoming fragmented, many species are forced to migrate to new regions that align with their ...