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

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

Arctic foxes are resourceful omnivores, eating everything from small mammals and seabirds to berries and carrion. Their physical adaptations, such as fur-covered paw pads and a fluffy tail used as ...

Across the icy edges of Earth’s northern and southern reaches, life has adapted to thrive in some of the harshest conditions.

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

A slumbering Arctic fox in winter will wrap its long, bushy tail around its body for added warmth. Its feet are covered in dense fur to insulate against the cold and provide traction on the ice.

The Arctic is not the most hospitable place on Earth. Some Arctic animals like reindeer have several genetic adaptations to help them thrive there, and one of the region’s top predators is no ...

Arctic foxes were almost hunted to extinction in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Can projects to breed and feed them help this native species return for good? As summer gives way to an early autumn on ...

It’s been about a month since an Arctic fox was found wandering in a park in Portland, Oregon. The agency caring for her says she will never get to roam the Arctic tundra. The Bird Alliance of ...