A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems.

“But even more importantly than the record low is that this year adds yet another data point to the continuing long-term loss of Arctic sea ice in all seasons.” Sea ice is frozen ocean water ...

At the top of our planet lies a magical realm, the Arctic Ocean. After four months of winter darkness, the sun returns to ...

beluga whales and ringed seals, among others. But even this ice bastion seems unlikely to last. Under continually warming conditions; climate models predict the central Arctic Ocean could be ...

Few scientists have seen the apparent unicorns of the sea brandishing their tusks in the wild. The elongated, spiraled tooth protrudes from the top lip of males and some females, and can grow to ...

It is common knowledge that Arctic cleanup work is challenging and expensive. Long distances, hard-to-access areas, scattered ...

The Arctic Ocean has always been a region that’s fascinated University of Delaware doctoral student Tianyu Zhou. While most of humanity lives in the world’s temperate zone, the polar ocean seems like ...

Temperature also influences incubation and when embryos will hatch and start making their way to the ocean ... the Arctic Less ice might also mean new territory for humpback whales.

Combined Arctic and Antarctic sea ice cover—frozen ocean water that floats on the surface—plunged to a record low in mid-February, more than a million square miles below the pre-2010 average.

Yet when the whales drift ashore, no construction is taking place,” James Miller, University of Rhode Island professor of ocean engineering and department chair, said in 2023. The National ...