Emperor penguins march along the ice on Cape Washington on Antarctica's Ross Sea. Contrary to popular belief, these ...

Hollow hairs are a key survival tool for Arctic animals, which have evolved to grow extraordinary weather-proof coats.

The Arctic Ocean, once locked in a vault of thick, old ice, now is transforming at lightspeed. Temperatures there are increasing at up to four times the rate of the planet overall, melting sea ice ...

More than 3,600 meters beneath the Arctic Ocean, scientists have stumbled onto a hidden world that should not, by conventional wisdom, exist. In the permanent night and crushing pressure of the deep, ...

The lush greenery of the Amazon rainforest is often called the “lungs of the planet,” but really land plants are just half of the equation. The other lung dwells in the sea. Single-celled ...

Mercury (Hg) is an environmental concern in the Arctic, where high concentrations are found in top predators such as polar bears and toothed whales. Despite declining atmospheric Hg emissions since ...

The Arctic is experiencing a steady rise in human-generated underwater noise as melting ice and increasing activity open the ...

The student course Arctic Future Pathfinders, which is held on the sailing ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl going through the Northwest Passage, combines cutting-edge science with hands-on education. The ...