We’re responding to phone calls and social media posts about stranded animals, we believe it’s an environmental contagion ...

“He loved icebergs,” says Corina Gamma. Konrad Steffen (1952-2020) was a Swiss polar and climate researcher, nicknamed the ...

Experts say frightening encounters with sea lions are becoming more common and the likely reason for recent attacks is a ...

The aquatic ecosystem has always been interesting to humans. It is one territory where we can not survive for long and its ...

In mid-January, a team of scientists were sailing aboard a research vessel in frigid Antarctic waters. They planned to investigate an unexplored section of the Bellingshausen Sea and the creatures ...

For decades, the Great Lakes region has been a model of cross-border collaboration. Together, Canada and the United States ...

Microalgae are tiny organisms that convert energy from sunlight into fuel. The arctic ecosystem depends on them. In ...

Researchers found that the Greenland ice sheet is teeming with algae that could dramatically speed up melting.

A hidden ecosystem of giant sea spiders, octopuses, and other stunning sea creatures shows how life can flourish even when ...

A giant phantom jelly is documented in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica, at an area where the shelf break and slope are cut by several underwater gullies. This jellyfish can grow to a massive ...

As well as some of the darkest skies on the U.S. East Coast, it's also the nation's southernmost point. At 24.5 degrees north, just above the Tropic of Cancer, it's possible to see many stars and deep ...