The decline of the island’s ice and increasingly volatile weather have made it hard to maintain some Indigenous traditions.

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

Thousands of gray whales are migrating past the Oregon coast in poor condition, with record-low calf numbers and visible ...

Satellite data reveal a link between the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere and rates of Antarctic sea ice loss in recent years.

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

In the dim twilight of an Arctic winter’s day, with the low sun stretching its orange fingers across the frozen sea, a group ...

Arctic sea ice reached a record low in March 2025, marking the lowest extent in the 47-year satellite record. The shrinking sea ice, attributed to rising global temperatures from burning fossil ...

Polar sea ice has reached record, and near-record, lows for this time of year, pushing the pace of global warming and alarming scientists. The just declared 2025 Arctic sea ice extent winter ...