Populations of bowhead whales were able to hide from hunters under ice, a new study finds, saving them from extinction. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Measurements were taken at 13 different locations in the Arctic Ocean. (CREDIT: Lisa W. von Friesen) The Arctic Ocean, once locked ...

Narwhals are among the most mysterious animals in the ocean. Known as the “unicorns of the sea,” these Arctic whales carry a long spiral tusk that is actually an enormous tooth growing through the ...

A polar bear stands on the ice in the Franklin Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Saturday, July 22, 2017. While some polar bears are expected to follow the retreating ice northward, others ...

Climate change and the associated rising temperatures are melting more and more frozen ground in the Arctic. This dissolved matter contains large amounts of organic carbon which is flowing into the ...

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 ...