With the rapid melting of Arctic ice, the waters have opened up to more human traffic, which is disturbing the underwater ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep down in the Arctic Ocean, life becomes bizarre. One might suppose that at its greatest depths, the icy, dark water would be ...

A 45-day Arctic expedition aboard the Sikuliaq, a research vessel operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, saw ...

"Protecting key areas from human activity is essential." Experts issue warning over major threat to iconic creatures: ...

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 ocean is home to some of the most awe-inspiring creatures on Earth, many of which dwarf anything found on land. From massive whales to elusive deep-sea dwellers, these giants of the sea ...

Researchers have mapped the distribution of a jellyfish subspecies and found that creatures which lack a distinctive "knob" are somehow prevented from leaving the Arctic. When you purchase through ...