Polar bears, the iconic creatures of the Arctic, have a role that extends beyond their status as apex predators. They are ...

Marc Macias-Fauria is a professor of physical geography at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, UK. Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, ...

Scientists learning polar climates can shift rapidly. ATLANTA — Within a decade, global climate change could open a Northwest Passage — the long sought ice-free passage to Asia that eluded Arctic ...

Climate change in Earth's polar regions is emerging as an underrecognized driver of global health risks, with consequences ...

The Polar Bear Capital of the World sounds like a prime spot to observe the animals, and researchers who did just that came away with a stark warning. A team from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova ...

Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an ...

The streaming service Disney+ is putting a focus on Earth Month. This week, we'll see a new Disneynature documentary that follows a mother polar bear who shows her cubs what it takes to survive.

Vast, yet remote; frigid, yet teeming with life; stark and barren, yet serenely beautiful—these are just a few of the contradictions of Earth’s polar regions. Within their frozen confines lie secrets ...

CALIFORNIA — The four-person civilian Fram2 mission returned home in a splash down off the coast of California on Friday after being the first humans to orbit Earth's polar regions. Riding in SpaceX’s ...