Polar bears are leaping through their evolution in real time as rising temperatures threaten their habitat. A population of ...
A genetic analysis of polar bears in southeast Greenland found that genes related to heat-stress, aging, and metabolism are ...
Polar bear encounters with people are rare, but they can happen to people who live in, work in, or visit the Arctic. Here's how to stay safe.
As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...
The rare event marks the 13th known instance of adoption within this well-studied group of polar bears living in the western ...
The National Geographic Endurance is a comfortable base for explorations in icy waters, whether in the Arctic or in the ...
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Seals are semi-aquatic marine mammals. They’re also known as pinnipeds, which means ‘fin-footed’, referring to the large flippers they have for arms and legs. Combined with their streamlined, ...
The year just concluded, 2025, began with a shiver—what hath our electorate wrought?—and, from my perspective, ended with a T ...
Greenland’s remote eastern fjords are a place of elemental beauty, where glaciers carve through the land, musk oxen roam ...