What's the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment.

University of Chicago paleontologist and author Neil Shubin has been on multiple expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. Those trips have produced groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of ...

Polar bears are among the planet's most iconic symbols of cold climate adaptation. They boast a thick layer of blubber, ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

and treeless tundra, is now a source of carbon rather than a sink. If emissions from wildfires were added to the mix, that percentage rose to 40. A greening Arctic also doesn’t translate to net ...

What animals live in the coldest areas of the planet? We've done the research! Meet the animals thriving in earth's polar ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins found themselves again caught up in some ridiculous trade chatter involving their captain. Sidney Crosby has consistently stated his commitment to the Penguins and had to ...

A blizzard whips the Danish, Greenlandic and Faroe Islands flags above the Joint Arctic Command headquarters overlooking the harbor of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The small military outpost ...

Researchers in a new study published in Nature Climate Change, have measured the flow of carbon in the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ) — consisting of the treeless tundra, boreal forests, and wetlands in ...

(CBS DETROIT) — An arctic air mass will impact all of southeast Michigan through Wednesday as the coldest temperatures of the winter so far arrive this week. A cold weather advisory is in effect ...

Even though his recent years’ work in Arctic Alaska has been focused on plants, he said encountering willows and other woody plants covering what used to be open tundra west of the Dalton ...