Researchers monitor the activities of polar bears in the Arctic. For safety, one person oversees field researchers from the vessel. [KOREA POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE] Scientists in the Arctic and ...

At the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers, and scientists like Geoff York. Buggies traverse the frozen terrain, bringing tourists ...

Every species of animal and plant that lives or breeds in the Arctic is experiencing dramatic change. As the polar region warms, species endure extreme weather, shrinking and altered habitat, ...

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration, which promised a break from the Bush White House on global warming, declared Friday it would stick with a Bush-era policy against expanding protection for ...

ANCHORAGE — Alaska officials filed notice Tuesday that the state would sue the federal government over a decision to designate a swath of the Arctic as critical habitat for polar bears faced with the ...

Polar Bears near Kaktovik on the Beaufort Sea coast. (Albert Marquez/Planet Earth Adventures) (CN) — A federal magistrate judge has recommended summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

It has threatened Taiwan, challenged its neighbors in the South China Sea, clashed with India high in the Himalayas and sought to disrupt the U.S.-led international order everywhere from sub-Saharan ...