Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

Christopher Best, a 34-year-old man, was fatally attacked by polar bears while working at a remote radar site in Canada in ...

Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an ...

"There is a connection between what we do in our own daily lives and even the most isolated regions of the world." ...

Climate change in Earth's polar regions is emerging as an underrecognized driver of global health risks, with consequences reaching far beyond the Arctic and Antarctic, researchers argue.

From brown bears to beluga whales, explore the incredible wildlife that thrives in Alaska’s remote and roadless Lake Clark ...

The Sunshine State is feeling the chill as a powerful cold front sweeps across the East Coast, bringing the first major cold ...

Lynda Mapes, the former Seattle Times environment reporter, made a trip recently to the Western Arctic, a vast region in the ...

A blast of frigid air will plunge into the central U.S. and move eastward over the next few days, potentially breaking ...

The strength and smarts it takes to be successful when food is hard to come by can become a little problematic when humans ...

The Arctic is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, yet it’s home to some of the most resilient and fascinating ...

Polar bears, the iconic creatures of the Arctic, have a role that extends beyond their status as apex predators. They are ...