Search results for Arctic Animals

Canadian muskoxen hit by double punch of novel diseases and climate change

As winter comes to the Canadian Arctic, muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) abandon the valleys and head to higher ground, where winds sweep away the snow. That’s where we go to find them,...

Arctic wolf face

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Arctic village wants tourists

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale...

Newsroom daily quiz, Tuesday 5 May

Arctic, kit and swift are all species of which animal? The post

Rare Arctic Seafloor Footage Captures Narwhals, Backward-Swimming Fish, and Panicked Copepods

Learn how researchers used underwater cameras and hydrophones to observe life moving naturally through one of the least studied ecosystems beneath Arctic ice. 

Arctic Sea Ice Helped Some Bowhead Whales Survive Centuries of Industrial Whaling

Learn how Arctic sea ice created natural refuges for bowhead whales during centuries of industrial whaling, shaping which populations are recovering today.

Arctic waders

I ventured out today in the continuing north west wind and cool condiitons with little expectation. I had a quick look at Snowhill this morning where once again there was very litt...

Bird flu kills polar bear and a walrus

Norway’s national veterinary institute has determined that both a young polar bear and a walrus found dead on Svalbard were victims of bird flu. It’s the first time the virus has b...

What does it take to survive in the Arctic? These rangers have an idea

The BBC spent time with the Canadian military in the country's northernmost region - this is what they taught us about dealing with extreme conditions.

Some polar bears are showing unprecedented resilience to climate change

Polar bears in Svalbard are better off than researchers anticipated.

Polar Bears Face Dire Climate Threats: Arctic Melting Crushes Habitat, Adaptation Struggles to Save Them

Polar bears confront Arctic melting that shatters polar bear habitat and amplifies Polar Bear Climate Threats, testing climate adaptation limits for survival.

Polar Bears Still Under Water in the Thawing Arctic

Polar bears are a big part of the Arctic ecosystem. The post Polar Bears Still Under Water in the Thawing Arctic appeared first on The Good Men Project.

Polar bears off the ice: Photo of the week

A polar bear, captured above, sits on a grassy expanse on Kolyuchin Island in the Chukotka district of far-eastern Russia. Several bears made themselves at home in the empty buildi...

Arctic Terns

On the way to the Bill I stopped off at Ferry, the Wood and Curlew Sand and Garganey were all still present with a Greenshank and Whimbrels in the Channel.The Bill was slow HERE bu...

In the Arctic, some Thule Inuit families built winter homes from stone, sod, skins, and huge whale…

In the Arctic, some Thule Inuit families built winter homes from stone, sod, skins, and huge whale...

73-Million-Year-Old Teeth Reveal Three New Mammal Species That Lived in the Arctic, Among Dinosaurs

Learn more about the newly identified species from the Arctic that were part of one of the longest living mammal groups on the planet. 

Two iconic polar species are now listed as 'endangered' due to our warming planet

Climate change is pushing two iconic Antarctic species toward the brink of extinction, a new assessment finds.

‘Time stamps’ in shrubs show when beavers began invading Canadian Arctic

Beavers are expanding their range into Canada’s western Arctic, and a recent study has reconstructed when these ecosystem engineers first became active in the area — sometime aroun...

Antarctic fur seals now endangered as climate change reduces krill for pups

Antarctic fur seals are the smallest of the polar seals and live almost exclusively on the island of South Georgia. The latest assessment by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species...

A tiny Arctic village in Alaska is trying to revive its polar-bear tourism industry

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on w...

Birds in Poetry and Prose in Alaska and Beyond

At the bottom of the earth, aboard an expedition ship crossing the rocky waters of the Drake Passage between Argentina and Antarctica, ornithologist Rodrigo Tapia might be giving a...

The Polar Bear Biology Myth That Inspired a Warmer Jacket

Rare Footage Captures Polar Bear Sledding in Newfoundland

Photograph of the Month May 2026 – Arctic Fox Incoming

The photograph of the month for May 2026 comes from my recent Svalbard snowmobile expedition (read the trip report) and is of a white Arctic Fox running at full speed toward my (al...