You may have found yourself randomly wondering aboutUrsus maritimus, Latin for "sea bear," more commonly known as polar bears. The furry mammals are stellar swimmers and can be found in the cold ...

LYNNWOOD — Jennie Warmouth was awestruck as she watched polar bears, weighing 1,000 pounds or more, lumbering across the Arctic pack ice. Blue whales, 100 feet in length and weighing 200 tons, spouted ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration agreed today to finally make a decision on designating critical habitat in Alaska for two ice-seal species. Both bearded and ringed seals are listed as threatened ...

Polar bears hold the title of the largest carnivorous land mammals on the planet. They typically measure between seven to eight feet in length. Males are significantly larger than females, with large ...

The Arctic fox is a resilient and highly adaptable mammal that thrives in some of the world’s harshest climates. Found across ...

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 tourists ...

A federal judge in Alaska this week vacated the designation of giant swaths of waters as critical habitat for two species of threatened Arctic Alaska seals. The state of Alaska sued the National ...

WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced two proposed rules today to designate critical habitat protections for Arctic ice seals in Alaska. The new rules for ringed seals and ...