Researchers have captured extremely rare footage of polar bear cubs leaving their snowy dens for the first time. The footage, ...

In 2019, climate scientist Steffen Olsen took a startling photo of huskies appearing to walk on water. The photo quickly went viral as it revealed the reality of Greenland's rapidly melting ice.

This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Not too long ago I was the guide on a wildlife-photography trip to Svalbard, an archipelago halfway between Norway ...

The polar bear (scientific name Ursus maritimus) struggles to cross the ice on the sea. In the past, it would have already found its hunting ground, but with the recent melting of ice, there are ...

Although it was only briefly seen during the live webcast of its launch, the Fram2 mission's zero-gravity indicator was instantly recognizable. The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around ...

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Scientists have captured rare footage of female polar bears and their newborn cubs emerging from maternal dens in the Arctic. Using remote cameras and satellite collars, researchers were able to ...