Learn why polar bears have white fur and other cool facts, plus WWF’s efforts to protect them and their Arctic habitat from ...
The distance from Ohio to the Arctic Circle is around 3,600 miles. For a lot of us, something taking place 3,600 miles away seems small, it may even seem too small to care about. But the distance we ...
YOU never forget your first visit to Alaska — especially the Aleutian Islands. When I was commander of the Coast Guard district that serves Alaska, I came to know the waters surrounding the Aleutian ...
Polar bears aren't the only animals under threat from shrinking ice in the Arctic. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has proposed designating a huge stretch of waters off ...
The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also called the polar or snow fox, is a hardy species native to the Arctic tundra. It plays a vital role in this frozen landscape but is facing multiple threats due to ...
Many species of shorebirds that migrate to the Arctic each year to breed their young will lose substantial amounts of their summer habitat to climate change, and the biggest losses in the coming ...
Diversity and Distributions, Vol. 24, No. 5/6 (May & June 2018), pp. 791-799 (9 pages) Aim: Climate change is fundamentally altering habitats, with complex consequences for species across the globe.