A scheduled oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge yielded no bids, the Biden administration announced ...

The largest desert in the world, the Antarctic Desert, spans 14.2 million square kilometres. Learn about its unique icy ...

After storing carbon dioxide in frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is being transformed by frequent wildfires into an overall source of carbon to the atmosphere, which is already absorbing ...

The United States considered making a bid for the North Atlantic island in 1867, when it also purchased Alaska from Russia.

By Rachel Cassandra The Arctic tundra shifted this past year from capturing carbon to releasing it, which means it’s now ...

Discover Russia's rare and unique wildlife, including the only freshwater seals in the world, Arctic lemmings, and the ...

Svalbard Global Seed Vault holds over 4.5 types of crops, and the Norwegian organisation in charge of the preservation ...

We can fool ourselves but not the Earth Why, then, do people plant trees in the Arctic? Local people might want to ensure a ...

Genebanks - items that preserve and store genetic material, such as seeds, tissues, or DNA samples - are sent from all over the world to Svalbard in a bid to keep native - and sometimes ancient - crop ...

The Sequoia shares a chassis and power train with the Texas-built Tundra pickup. The only engine option is the i-Force Max ...

Arctic Report Card, released Dec. 10, we brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, to report on the state of the Arctic ...