Though the subzero temperatures and rugged boreal forests may seem bleak and unforgiving, many animals thrive in the frigid tundra of the Arctic Circle. Some of these Arctic animals you will have ...

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 ...

Animals such as the polar bear, Arctic wolf or Antarctic penguin are not so lucky to have such a place to keep warm. How do they face the extreme winter temperatures?

To date the census has recorded 7,500 animal species in the Antarctic and 5,500 in the Arctic. Scientists estimate some 230,000-250,000 species live in the world’s oceans.

But the umbrella of climate change covers a wide range of factors unlikely to affect Antarctic animals in the same way. To pinpoint the species most likely to benefit or suffer in the short-term ...

On the Antarctic Plateau, the coldest place on the planet, the Concordia Research station hit its highest temperature reading ever in early 2022 at -12.2 degrees Celsius (10.04 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Marine Antarctic animals closely associated with sea ice for food or breeding, such the humpback whale and emperor penguin, are most at risk from the predicted effects of climate change, finds a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spindly orange sea stars, fan-finned ice fish and herds of roving sea cucumbers are among the exotic creatures spied off the Antarctic coast in an area formerly covered by ...

Scientists have made a surprising discovery in Antarctica: the carcasses of tiny animals were found in a lake that sits deep beneath one kilometer (0.6 miles) of Antarctic ice.

Last year, when the Arctic and Antarctic surveyors pooled their data, the mystery of bipolarity ballooned to 235 species. The question resurfaced: How do the same types of creatures span both poles?