Where explorers once set sail tourist attractions now abound, and there's hiking, sledding and more under a sun that, in ...

Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained about fragile deep sea ecosystems.

There are two types of tundra: Arctic and alpine. The Arctic tundra is located between the north pole and the coniferous forests or taiga region. It is characterized by extremely cold temperatures ...

Many Canadians have fond childhood memories of nature – seeing an owl at dusk, tidepooling for starfish, gazing out to sea ...

ROVANIEMI, Finland-A Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet crashed on May 7 near the Rovaniemi airport in Finland’s Arctic north, but the pilot was rescued after ejecting, the armed forces said.

High above the Arctic Circle, the archipelago of Svalbard lies halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. Frozen, mountainous, and remote, it's home to hundreds of polar bears and a ...

A tragic incident unfolded in the Canadian Arctic when a man was fatally mauled by a bear during a hunting expedition, while his companions watched helplessly. The bear, believed to be a protective ...

Arctic sea ice extent through most of April changed very little. Only at the end of the month did extent begin to decline. Because the month started with unusually low extent, however, the average ...

In August 2019, the World Wide Lightning Location Network detected 342 lightning storms, with more than a third of those coming in a single thunderstorm event that passed through the Arctic region.

For many, Arctic Monkeys‘ charismatic leader Alex Turner is a paradoxical mystery, with his poetic musings emerging from the inner, more enigmatic realm of weighted surrealism. For others, however, he ...

This shift in the underwater light environment could have serious consequences for the tiny plants and algae that form the base of the Arctic food web. A new study published in Nature ...

Accelerated Arctic warming is reshaping the polar environment, but focusing only on the impacts of long-term annual temperature rise can miss key consequences of shorter-lived, but extreme ...