Mercury (Hg) is a naturally occurring element found across the globe, yet it becomes highly toxic as it accumulates up the food chain. Pollution from human activities has pumped increasing amounts of ...

The addition of heavy metals into the water system could impact the food chain. Melting permafrost in the Arctic is releasing toxic mercury into the water system, potentially impacting the food ...

Last year, right around my birthday, I took a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains for the first time. My day began with a hike ...

Polar bears are unmatched predators in the Arctic, sitting at the top of the food chain with no natural rivals. Their strength, stealth, and icy terrain mastery make them supreme hunters in one of ...

The Arctic is changing – and not just in the ... which scientists say could harm tiny sea creatures that are key to the food chain. In a recent study published in Nature Communications ...

GalleryIn her project 'Under the Ice of the Arctic, Mercury,' French photographer ... creating a bioaccumulation effect along the food chain. The consequences for humans can be severe.

In this week’s episode I tell the story of Cocky Bennett, a sulphur-crested cockatoo who lived for more than 120 years . He ...

But the shift in the Arctic food chain means that the big numbers of gray whales seen since they recovered from whaling — a population some 27,000 strong — probably will not be seen again.