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 ...

Gwich’in and environmental opponents celebrate the results, while state officials expect the incoming Trump administration to ...

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.

Falcons are found worldwide, from the fast and slick hobbies to the large and powerful gyrfalcon of the Arctic tundra. In ...

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 ...