Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.

What's the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment.

Michigan welcomes the large, magnificent snowy owl from the Arctic tundra – and its appearance can attract a lot of attention ...

Denali National Park and Preserve checks all of the Alaska boxes: unspoiled wilderness, roaming wildlife, massive glaciers ...

The Arctic is the area around the North Pole that used to be known for being cold year-round. With climate change, ...

Scientists studied plant DNA to understand past extinctions. They found that warming climates increase competition, ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

University of Chicago paleontologist and author Neil Shubin has been on multiple expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. Those trips have produced groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of ...

The remains of all 10 people killed when their small plane crashed into ice on the Bering Sea have been recovered, ...

A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome was located Friday on sea ice, ...

Tis the season of the reindeer. After all, it’s hard to not notice them at this time of year. They make appearances in holiday movies, or on holiday greeting cards, and sometimes they are seen in ...

Driving on Vermont’s Interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular ...