A British photographer captured a polar bear going through an unusual "training session" off the coast of Svalbard, Norway.

Scientists find Arctic microbes swap DNA far more often than expected, offering new clues about climate change and carbon storage.

Tiny fossil teeth from Alaska are changing how scientists view mammal life and migration in the ancient Arctic.

Certain plants, including legumes, form specialized root organs known as nodules. These plants establish symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and utilize atmospheric nitrogen. This ...

Some periods in Earth's history are so different from our own that they may as well belong to another planet. Many people are ...

A biotech company and a U.S. government agency announced on Thursday a plan to create an archive of living cells and genomic ...

The 25-year-old plant shot up a towering stalk to produce seeds before its demise. A few years into Dan Johnson’s 29-year horticulture career at the Denver Botanic Gardens, the nonprofit acquired a ...