Polar bears perch on sea ice to ambush seals—the source of 90 percent ... Ikummaq tells me the names for a few Arctic animals. An aarluk—“kills everything”—is a killer whale; a ...

Researchers have found a fossilized ancestor of modern seals and sea lions ... island in the Canadian Arctic where scientists have found other fossil mammals deposited about 20 million years ago.

Melting Sea Ice The Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a pace that alarms scientists and nature enthusiasts alike. This ...

The ancestors and relatives of seals and sea lions, called pinnipeds ... the earliest pinnipeds were likely land-dwelling animals that took millions of years to begin becoming adapted to life ...

The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the globe, and the region may be free from summer ice as soon as 2035. Without sea ice ... the threats the animals face.” The Center petitioned ...

Over the past 60 years, marine biologists at UC Santa Cruz have monitored the behavior of northern elephant seals that ...

UAF scientists have found microplastics in all marine mammals species they’ve studied so far, and new results show passage ...

The Arctic's "Last Ice Area" (LIA)—a vital habitat for ice-dependent species—might disappear within a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes ... ringed seals, bearded seals and ivory ...

Plants and animals with federally protected critical habitat ... over a longer period as the world works toward climate change solutions. “Arctic sea ice, polar bears and ice seals are all declining ...