V isit the Antarctic and you’ll find penguins. Lots of penguins. Chubby, slow (on land, at least), feathery penguins. And do ...

Antarctic icefish have clear blood, no hemoglobin, and antifreeze proteins that let them survive freezing seas.

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Faster than a race car and lethal mid-air, this remarkable bird dominates the skies with unmatched speed and precision, raising fresh wonder about how nature created such a hunter.

Back in 1959, a dozen nations signed up to look after Antarctica “for the good of all mankind”. Today, the polar club is still growing. What do nations want in Antarctica? What rules must they play by ...

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Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other whale species. That is why researchers have increasingly turned to ...

Paleontologists at the Canadian Museum of Nature have recently been studying the skeletal remains of a rhinoceros. This might ...

A population of bears in Norway’s Arctic is confounding scientists’ expectations, getting fatter and healthier even as the sea ice melts rapidly.

Wolves are a remarkably adaptable, highly intelligent, sociable group of mammals, inhabiting a variety of ecosystems from mountainous terrains in Switzerland to lush forests in China and even arctic ...

Researchers at Washington State University and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are using collar cams to study a remote population of grizzly bears on Alaska's North Slope ...