For a unique and educational experience in Fairbanks, the Robert G. White Large Animal Research Station (LARS) at the ...

Breakthrough study reveals how woolly mammoths and Arctic animals evolved their cold-weather superpowers over 3 million years ...

A new study has revealed when and how animals like the woolly mammoth, musk ox, and arctic fox developed special adaptations ...

The findings, which offer a greater understanding of how species evolved in the past, were published in the journal Trends in ...

Cold-adapted animals started to evolve 2.6 million years ago when the permanent ice at the poles became more prevalent. There followed a time when the continental ice sheets expanded and contracted ...

A new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth, musk ox and arctic fox evolved to ...

Life is harsh for barnacle geese, which must contend with Arctic temperatures and protect their young from predators like foxes by nesting on high ledges and cliffs. But this strategy has a ...

The first-ever direct flights from the United States to Greenland will give tourists easier access to the island’s history, ...

There are also a number of animals that call the Arctic tundra home. These include arctic foxes, lemmings, voles, wolves, caribou, arctic hares, polar bears, squirrels, loons, ravens, salmon ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquiliser ...

Once on the brink of extinction in Scandinavia, the Arctic fox is slowly returning. Threatened by hunting and climate change, the animals' population had dropped to just a few dozen individuals in the ...

This contribution is part of the special series of Inaugural Articles by members of the National Academy of Sciences elected in 2016. Contributed by Claire L. Parkinson, May 24, 2019 (sent for review ...