Beluga whales can disappear beneath Arctic sea ice for long stretches, which makes them far tougher to follow than many other whale species. That is why researchers have increasingly turned to ...

Research into hibernating animals reveals that memory lives in the cell and life is defined by the persistence of embodied ...

Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses together in greeting and chuffed — a soft, breathy, snorting sound ...

The research identifies multiple overlapping sources of underwater noise, ranging from commercial shipping and icebreakers to seismic surveys and offshore drilling. Together, these sounds form a ...

As human activity grows in the Arctic, underwater noise is spreading through icy waters, disrupting how many animals ...

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A population of bears in Norway’s Arctic is confounding scientists’ expectations, getting fatter and healthier even as the sea ice melts rapidly.

Kali, now 13, was rescued as a cub in 2013 after residents of the Native Village of Point Lay, Alaska, discovered he’d been ...

A bold strategy... but one that works wonders for cold-blooded creatures. Humans and animals alike have been trying to figure out how to stay warm after getting hit by a nasty winter storm that ...

Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation may be temporary.

These polar bears appear to be maintaining their physical health despite the loss of sea ice—their preferred hunting grounds ...

Polar bears that live along the Barents Sea near Svalbard -- the archipelago between Norway and the North Pole -- appear to be thriving, despite the region experiencing some of the most drastic sea ...