The U.S. Coast Guard is turning to Finland to bolster America’s icebreaking fleet — a move driven by growing concern that the United States is falling behind global rivals in the race for Arctic ...

In the remote Canadian Arctic lies Alert, the northernmost permanently inhabited place on Earth, situated just 817 kilometers from the North Pole. Located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island ...

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A remote Arctic island once used as a Soviet weather station has become overrun by polar bears. On Kolyuchin Island, in Russia’s Chukchi Sea, dozens of bears now roam through abandoned buildings and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Republican lawmakers are working to roll back the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act, which has helped save ...

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction. Judge ...

An environmental organization says Ontario’s Bill 5 puts the future of polar bears in the province at risk. The Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act repeals Ontario’s Endangered Species Act ...

Sea Mammal Protections A gray seal swims, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, off the coast of Brunswick, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press ...

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.'s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction.