Scientists believe that international shipping is partly responsible, as barnacles can travel in ballast water or by clinging ...

For 50 years, astronomers have been searching for evidence of winds emanating from the black hole Sagittarius A*. Now, they finally think they have an answer.

A beautiful spot in Alaska, north of the Arctic Circle, is an essential habitat for many animals. That area, more than 10 ...

One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic seafloor, ...

One of the most potent greenhouse gas emissions has been discovered seeping out of cracks of the Antarctic sea floor, researchers have found.

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are ...

Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.

Three species of Arctic seal have moved closer to extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Today’s update also reveals that more than half of bird ...

Scientists in northern Russia have discovered a huge walrus haulout on the shores of the Kara Sea where their habitat is under threat from shrinking ice and human activity.

On a windy August afternoon in 2017, Akitsinnguaq Ina Olsen was relaxing in the old harbour of Nuuk, Greenland's capital, when a Chinese icebreaker sailed unannounced into the Arctic island's ...

The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

For decades, scientists have been curious about how much water Mars once had and what led to its gradual transformation into ...