At around 78 degrees north, warmer waters are brought to the freezing Arctic Ocean by the Gulf Stream ... that catch small animals that float by in the moving water. A startlingly beautiful ...

Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine environment—shaping and maintaining habitats that themselves sustain countless other forms ...

That shrunken redoubt will be the last stand for many of the Arctic’s wild things. “The animals that depend on the edge of the sea ice for a living will be congregating there in the summer ...

Melting Sea Ice The Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a pace that alarms scientists and nature enthusiasts alike. This ...

The Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Arctic. Although the water looks ... across the globe and so have some of the creatures in it. When ocean currents flow around the planet, they move ...

Sea ice is dynamic ... tundra shrubs grow taller and the Arctic becomes greener. Animals once unable to survive in the polar extremes are now invading and competing for resources and space.