Beneath the Arctic permafrost, ancient organisms have lain dormant for approximately 40,000 years, preserved in a frozen state that halted their biological activity. Recent scientific observations ...

Scientists have unveiled a remarkable discovery beneath the Arctic ice, revealing a hidden ecosystem thriving in one of the ...

The Arctic Ocean, once locked in a vault of thick, old ice, now is transforming at lightspeed. Temperatures there are ...

The discovery of photosynthesis under snow-capped Arctic ice could mean life exists in parts of the ocean previously thought uninhabitable. reading time 2 minutes A team of scientists, seeking to ...

Melting Arctic ice is revealing a hidden world of nitrogen-fixing bacteria beneath the surface. These microbes, not the usual ...

DETROIT -- What's cooler than ice cream? Frostier than a snowman? Chillier than a blue norther? The Detroit Zoo's newly opened Arctic Ring of Life, which includes the world's largest polar bear ...

"If this trend continues, it could have a number of consequences," said Robert Björk, an Arctic ecosystem researcher at the ...

If you pull an ice core from the outer edges of the Arctic polar cap, you might spot what looks like a faint line of dirt. Those are diatoms – single-celled algae with outer walls made of glass. Their ...

Correction: In this piece, we incorrectly described Alaska Natives as Native Alaskans. The transcript has been updated. We regret the error. Since the 1980s ...

But spending time on the ice with people who rely on it for their way of life provides a different perspective. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed ...

An armada of towering icebergs has arrived along the coastline of Qaanaaq, Greenland. They seem to have appeared in the blink of an eye as if summoned from the depths of Inglefield Bay. The floating ...

This striking satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers perched between mountainous peaks on a barren island in the Canadian Arctic. The elongated ice masses, which are threatened by ...