A new study published Wednesday in PLOS One describes two species of lemur-like creatures, the first primate-like animals known to have inhabited the Arctic in the Eocene Epoch.

This means that while some animals from lower latitudes were able to colonize the Eocene Arctic as it heated up, “not everybody could do it,” he says—even animals that otherwise preferred ...

Hidden Planet Arctic animals are battling more diseases in recent decades. Here’s why. Stories have surfaced of animals such as polar bears fighting off new diseases, and sometimes losing that ...

Think you know what the Arctic looked like during the Eocene Epoch? Play NOVA’s Polar Lab to find out: You might be surprised by the plants and animals that used to call it home.

About 52 million years ago, when the Arctic was warm and swampy but still shrouded in six months of darkness during the polar winter, two small primates scampered around, using their strong jaw ...

“As the world warms up, especially the Arctic, one thing we can expect to see is that animals that don’t normally live in the Arctic will start showing up there, just like Ignacius did.” Beard said ...

Scientists say that PFAS, nicknamed "forever chemicals," are building up in animals like polar bears, seals, and birds and at alarming levels in the Arctic. People living in the Arctic, they add ...

Fossils suggest early primates lived in a once-swampy Arctic The animals probably moved north as the planet warmed, to a new habitat opening near the poles ...

Pizzlies, grolars, and narlugas: Why we may soon see more Arctic hybrids Genetic studies show there’s still a lot to learn about cross-species mating in the Arctic.

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Arctic animals are exposed to more diseases It’s been harder for Rode, a polar bear researcher for nearly two decades, to do her job in recent years. Every spring, she and her team would sample ...