The Arctic and Antarctic have revealed a trove of secrets to Census of Marine Life explorers, who were especially surprised to find at least 235 species live in both polar seas despite a distance of ...

They may be polar opposites, but something is attracting two species of minke whales, producing at least one hybrid offspring, a new study says. A cross between an Antarctic minke whale and a northern ...

(The Arctic tern migrates more than 44,000 miles each year from the Arctic to Antarctica, the longest migration of any animal, ornithologist Dr. Pepper Trail informed us). We learned photography ...

Although they live in similarly extreme ecosystems at opposite ends of the world, Antarctic insects appear to employ entirely different methods at the genetic level to cope with extremely dry ...

The sea ice around Antarctica reached a record high in August of 7.2 million square miles (18.6 million square kilometers) — the greatest extent observed since recordkeeping began in 1979. But as ...

Although they live in similarly extreme ecosystems at opposite ends of the world, Antarctic insects appear to employ entirely different methods at the genetic level to cope with extremely dry ...