The Arctic Ocean is a vast and pristine expanse that has long been a defining feature of the planet, but now it stands on the ...

When it comes to Arctic apex predators, the polar bear is the first animal that typically comes to mind. It’s a top predator, ...

Arctic winters - once considered the most stable and predictable part of the region’s climate - are becoming warm, wet, and unstable.

Polar bears may be extinct by 2100 if Arctic ice melts at projected rate, according to new study. The study puts a timeline on the crisis for the first time as ice habitats melt.

It is in no one’s interest to militarise the Arctic but thanks to something of an arms race heating up between the US, Russia and China, that is precisely what looks to be happening.

Mark Carney is hoping to change Canada's status as a laggard in the Arctic, which makes up 40 per cent of our land mass and ...

It's a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear—one of the most dangerous predators on the ...

Just after midday, we gripped the worn rope handles of a dogsled as 11 dogs surged across the frozen tundra of Western Greenland, inside the Arctic Circle. The wind lashed ...

Polar bears are one of the most important apex predators in the Arctic. Their presence helps to keep the populations of aquatic animals, such as seals and walruses, in check. Were they not there, ...