A shortlist of 24 images has been selected for the wildlife photographer of the year people’s choice award. You can vote for your favourite image online. The winner will be announced on 25 March and ...

The fuzzy white predators of Svalbard, Norway, have been getting fatter over the past two decades, possibly by changing their diets and hunting strategies, a new study suggests ...

New archaeological clues are shedding light on the fate of isolated Norse colonies in Greenland that disappeared during the Middle Ages.

More than 2500 plant species have the potential to invade the Arctic at the expense of the species that belong there. Norway ...

Remarkably, the number of days with no ice in the region increased by roughly 100 during that period. And yet, as the authors found, the body condition of both male and female polar bears—i.e., how ...

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Monday the Nordic country's crown princess, Mette-Marit, displayed poor ...

Oregon OSHA encourages employers and workers statewide to participate in Safety Break for Oregon on May 13, a stand-down event focused on workplace safety and health.

If an 800-kiloton nuclear warhead detonated above Manhattan, its centre would reach a temperature of approximately 100 ...

Why polar bears are doing well in Svalbard, problematic seaweed is visible from space, why the common cold hits some people ...

Eva Gutowski and Olav Stubberud are engaged! Gutowski shared a clip of Stubberud getting down on one knee in front of a scenic spot that looked out over a river and a snowy mountain landscape on ...

Adult polar bears around Norway's Svalbard archipelago have become fatter on average over the past two decades even as Arctic ...