With the exception of that come-from-behind win over an overconfident hare, turtles and racing have never really been a very good match. But with the help of some high-tech tracking devices, a ...

For decades, hunters and scientists speculated about the existence of grizzly–polar bear hybrids – until April 16, 2006, when ...

The Red Sea was thought to host ecosystems resilient to warming waters, but a 2023 heatwave proves otherwise. A juvenile Red Sea anemonefish, also called a clownfish, looks out from between the ...

When it comes to Arctic apex predators, the polar bear is the first animal that typically comes to mind. It’s a top predator, ...

By far the largest ever found of its kind, the spiny fossil predator "would have made enough scampi to feed an army," one ...

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests. This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 727 and 771 years old, ...

Gates of the Arctic might be North America's most remote national park, but it's home to some extraordinary animals.

A new documentary from National Geographic Pristine Seas and Oceans North spotlights how Inuit and Cree communities are ...

These fascinating science facts prove that reality is often stranger—and a lot more interesting—than fiction These ...

A local resident stumbled upon the remains of the 19,700-year-old beast. Its record-breaking horn offers new insights into life in the Ice Age.

Microbes near the surface of the Southern Ocean sustain the polar food chain — impacting the nutrient flow from the surface ...