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

As part of Polar Bear Week (Nov. 2-8), a new artificial intelligence-based system, which has been in a testing phase in the Far North for several years, has been officially launched to alert communiti ...

View of Gentoo penguins in Cuverville Island, in the western Antarctic peninsula on March 04, 2016. The harshness of the elements defines life at the Poles. But for the animals who inhabit these icy ...

Many of nature’s apex predators guard their dinner from scavengers until they’ve gobbled up every last morsel and licked the ...

A new study shows how much food polar bears leave behind — and how their decline threatens scavengers across the Arctic.

The Antarctic blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia) is the largest animal on the planet, but it is critically ...

Animals in the oceans surrounding Antarctica are under increasing threat. Fishery management organisations and governments need to do more to eliminate illegal fishing and regulate better legal ...

New advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming the way scientists explore and understand some of the most ...

Single-celled organisms have managed to make a home almost everywhere, including inside many animals' guts and in nearly all of the world's environments, from hot, geothermal vents to the cold ...