Surviving in Arctic conditions takes serious adaptation. These animals don’t just make it through freezing weather - they’ve evolved to live comfortably in snow, ice, and brutal cold. Here are 15 ...

The Earth is full of remarkable species, and the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) is certainly one of them. This small critter is the only amphibian on the planet that lives north of the Arctic ...

Scientists uncover a 75,000-year-old Arctic ecosystem in Norway, revealing extinct mitochondrial lineages in polar bears, ...

But for the animals who inhabit these icy regions, there’s no better place to call home. Learn more about their unique cold-weather adaptations below. The Thick Fur and Fatty Layer of the Polar Bear ...

The bones of a vast community of 46 animals in a 75,000-year-old cave in Norway have provided a stunning and rare snapshot of ...

FAIRBANKS — When Debbie Miller’s daughter Robin was young, her daughter loved going to the library and reading non-fiction children’s books, especially ones about animals.

Scientists have uncovered the remains of a vast animal community that lived in the European Arctic 75,000 years ago.

Arctic seals have evolved many adaptations to cope with their frosty environment -- one that you might not immediately think of is the bones in their nasal cavity. Arctic seals have more ...

Annales Zoologici Fennici publishes original research reports, in-depth reviews, short communications and commentaries on: ecology, paleoecology and ecometrics, paleontology (tertiary and quaternary) ...

Many animals hightail it south for the winter, but the stoic foxes hang toughthanks much in part to a number of physical and behavioral adaptations.

This adaptation could have helped I. mckennai and I. dawsonae eat things like hard seeds and tree bark, which were likely the only types of food available during the Arctic’s notorious periods ...