Golden autumn sunlight glints through the sedges and shrubs of the tundra in northern Alaska. Winter is approaching, and soon the region will be buried under snow and ice. For the past three months ...

Learn more about the birds that feel right at home in the Arctic’s icy climate. Arctic birds, like snow buntings and arctic ...

One bright spot is green sea turtles, which have recovered substantially, the IUCN said as it released its latest Red List of ...

As climate change drives earlier spring conditions in the Arctic, bird species that travel there to breed there are under pressure to migrate faster. A new study led by researchers from the University ...

Polar bears, the iconic creatures of the Arctic, have a role that extends beyond their status as apex predators. They are ...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...

Unless you’re at the zoo, you shouldn’t see a penguin in South Carolina. You shouldn’t see what looks like a miniature version of them either. “We have a mass ...

Coastal refuges and farmlands welcome migratory birds, but climate change poses a threat. Each winter, North Carolina’s coastal wildlife refuges welcome tens of thousands of migrating birds, including ...

More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Polar bears are more than hunters as their leftovers feed many Arctic animals, forming a vital food web threatened by melting ...

Alaska is well known for its fascinating and diverse array of feathered residents. Birdwatchers travel from all over the world to catch a glimpse of a tufted puffin, Arctic tern, bristle-thighed ...

As climate change drives earlier spring conditions in the Arctic, birds species that travel there to breed there are under pressure to migrate faster. A new study led by researchers from the ...