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Russian expedition finds evidence of northernmost Stone Age hunters above the Arctic CircleAncient cut marks on mammoth bones unearthed on a remote island in the frozen extremes of Siberia are the northernmost evidence of Paleolithic humans ever found, according to archaeologists.
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24,000-year-old 'zombies' revived and cloned from Arctic permafrostArctic ice dating to 24,000 years ago held frozen microscopic animals called rotifers. Scientists just brought them back to life.
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Arctic sponges crawl around the seafloor and leave bizarre brown trails to prove itFor the first time, researchers have captured images of bizarre brown trails on an Arctic ridge that appear to have been left by sponges crawling across the seafloor.
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Trump administration to approve Arctic wildlife refuge for oil and gas drillingThe section of the refuge poised to be leased is a key habitat for Arctic wildlife.
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The Arctic Circle: Polar portal to the ArcticLocated about 66.5 degrees north of the Equator lies the Arctic Circle — a line of latitude that outlines the border of Earth's northernmost region known as the Arctic.
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Arctic sinkholes open in a flash after permafrost meltArctic permafrost is thawing, and some zones are melting so quickly that the new landscape becomes a soggy marsh riddled with sinkholes.
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The Melting Arctic Is Covering Itself in a Warm Layer of CloudsThe Arctic autumn is getting cloudier. That's bad news.
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Mystery of Mercury Levels in Arctic Animals Gets SolvedOpinion In the Canadian Arctic, a mystery has troubled scientists and local communities for decades: Why do marine animals in the western Arctic have higher mercury levels than those in the east?
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Arctic Circle Burns As Record Heat Broils Northern EuropeRecord temperatures are helping to turn northern Europe into a tinderbox.
