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 ...

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 ... departing by boat from Naujaat on the shores of Hudson Bay. The trio had set out to hunt narwhal ...

Canacona: Another productive season unfolded in Goa’s southernmost taluka as olive ridley turtles returned to the shore, guided by their natal homing instinct. The turtles laid 188 nests ...

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 ...

Far removed from the soccer metropolises, Bodø/Glimt, a Norwegian team from inside the Arctic Circle, is writing a romantic tale in Europe this season. The club is gearing up to face Tottenham ...

With the opening round of the playoffs whittled down to a best of three after the Winnipeg Jets & St. Louis Blues split the first four contests, the action returned to the noisy Canada Life Centre for ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - From vegetables to flowers, trees, and shrubs, Alaska has an abundance of native plants you might want in your garden. For Anne Billman, a volunteer ecologist with the ...

Congress is once again floating the idea of using projected oil and gas revenues from leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to offset rising deficits. But new lease sales in the Refuge ...