Many animals adjust their daily rhythms ... Even the dark, cold polar regions feel the effects of climate change–which ironically, has been bringing both more and less light to the 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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Terrestrial animals will not provide the bears ... need to survive the elements of the Arctic. Polar bear on land in the Western Hudson Bay region. Anthony Pagano As the sea ice experiences ...

The protective barrier around the cold air collapses, allowing warmer air to move north into the polar region and cold air to be pushed south into the mid-latitudes–places like the United States.

The polar vortex primarily affects countries situated in the Northern Hemisphere’s mid to high latitudes. These regions are particularly susceptible to extreme cold weather events. The polar ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you’ve been keeping a tab on winter forecasts, you’ve likely heard the term “polar vortex” and the potential impact it may have on the upcoming season.

When the vortex is strong, that cold air remains concentrated over the polar region; and those areas in the middle latitudes, including the U.S., generally experience a west-to-east air flow and ...