Researchers predict that future climatic change is likely to cause declines in reindeer abundances and their distribution at rates rarely seen over the last 21,000 years. Reindeer, also known as ...

Dynamic and changing Arctic Ocean conditions likely caused three major mortality events in the eastern North Pacific gray whale population since the 1980s, a new study has found. During each of these ...

A group of Western Arctic Herd caribou pause in front of mountains in Kobuk Valley National Park during fall migration in 2016. The Western Arctic herd, one of the largest in the world, has been in ...

For decades, the family lives of beluga whales remained largely hidden beneath Arctic sea ice. Unlike many marine mammals that can be observed from boats or shorelines, belugas spend much of their ...

As sea ice declines in the Arctic, bowhead whales are staying north of the Bering Strait more frequently, a shift that could affect the long-term health of the bowhead population and impact the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (ALASKA BEACON) - A population decline is continuing in one of North America’s biggest caribou herds, threatening hunting opportunities for rural residents who depend on the animals ...

Each year on February 27, International Polar Bear Day draws attention to one of the Arctic's most powerful predators, the polar bearUrsus maritimus. These large marine mammals rely on sea ice to hunt ...

Researchers predict that future climatic change is likely to cause declines in reindeer abundances and their distribution at rates rarely seen over the last 21,000 years. Reindeer, also known as ...

Dynamic and changing Arctic Ocean conditions have likely caused three major mortality events in the eastern North Pacific gray whale population since the 1980s. Dynamic and changing Arctic Ocean ...

Gray whales migrating south between their summer feeding grounds in the Arctic and wintering lagoons in Mexico. Permit number 14097. NEWPORT, Ore. – Dynamic and changing Arctic Ocean conditions likely ...