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Hoping to make the Arctic safer for bears and people, a conservation group created 'bear-dar,' a radar-based polar bear ...

Researchers analyzed blood samples from polar bears located in northeastern and southeastern Greenland. The results showed ...

The Antarctic winter sea ice maximum is on track to be the second lowest on record, at 17.15 million square km² (6.62 million mi²), close to the 2023 record low of 16.96 million km² (6.55 million mi²) ...

Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 ...

Ice sheets covering both the Arctic and Antarctic could melt more quickly than expected this century, according to two studies that blend computer modeling with paleoclimate records. Led by scientists ...

From polar pack ice to Arctic archipelagos, these winning images reveal how life is exquisitely engineered to survive at the ...

These six award-winning polar images reveal how Arctic wildlife survives at the coldest edge of the living world. Here’s a ...

Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark, a longtime U.S. ally that has rejected Trump’s overtures. Greenland’s own ...