NASA satellites looked down on huge cracks forming in sea ice in Canada's far north. What is it? The Amundsen Gulf is named ...

A new study of Antarctic seals shows that environmental conditions are leading to a severe decline in their populations in ...

When winter comes to Antarctica, seals and Adélie penguins leave the freezing shores and head for the edge of the forming sea ...

Equipped head-to-toe in dry suits - divers researching below the waves are tethered to a team above the ice to make sure they don’t lose the hole to get back. | ITV National News ...

In the deep seas found at the Earth’s poles, explorers are still finding elusive and mysterious sea creatures. On an ...

To minimize their energy consumption the bears still-hunt, waiting for hours by seals’ cone-shaped breathing holes in the sea ice. When a seal surfaces to breathe the bear stands on its hind ...

AI is helping protect Arctic caribou by predicting safe ice crossings and warning ships to stay clear during key migration ...

To learn about how polar ice sheets melted during an ancient era, scientists examined fossil coral reefs in the tropics.

The research by an international team of sea level and polar ice experts suggests that limiting warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) above the pre-industrial temperature—the ...

Emperor penguin populations​ in Antarctica may be declining faster than the most pessimistic predictions, according to a new ...