A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Monday night, sending four amateur astronauts on an unprecedented journey around Earth’s ...

SpaceX is sharing the first look at the vast expanse of ice layering Earth's poles after launching the private Fram2 mission, the first human spaceflight to polar orbit.

Grizzly bears, for example, are a subspecies of brown bear found in parts of North America. There are many different subspecies of brown bear found all over the world, from Kodiak bears in Alaska to ...

Cartoonist Dana Simpson announced on her website that she's ending the daily comic strip to focus to graphic novels.

In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.

The left map shows the total melt days for the Antarctic Ice Sheet as of March 15, 2025. The middle map is a close up of the Antarctic Peninsula through the same time frame. The graph shows the daily ...

At the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers, and scientists like Geoff York. Buggies traverse the frozen terrain, bringing ...

Bear Grylls joins the Royal Marines for intense Arctic Warfare training in the harsh conditions of Norway. This video captures the grit, survival skills, and extreme preparation required for ...

Nanortalik (the name means Place of Polar Bears) in southern Greenland ... who pointed out that climate change is thinning the Arctic ice, potentially opening up a northwest passage for ...

Human-caused global warming is putting wildlife at risk, and few animals are feeling the effects as much as polar bears (Ursus maritimus). The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth, and ...