From Arctic wolves to a rampaging rhino to an impressionistic image of waves, this contest showcases some of the best nature images of the year.

It is extremely difficult to extract material in the Arctic. An associate professor of our department participated in a number of international research expeditions. His scientific collections ...

A Dumbo octopus was caught on camera during an Arctic exploration by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration and the University of Alaska ...

A Dumbo octopus found in the Chukchi Sea during an Arctic exploration by the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration. Yahoo Sports ...

“It’s like doing a 23andMe on the octopus,” Lau said, referring to the genetic testing company. “This information gets passed down from parents to children and grandchildren and so on.

From octopus embryology to the proteins active in Arctic soil, University of Chicago graduate students are exploring a range of questions at the Marine Biological Laboratory this summer as recipients ...

It may be odd to think about, but the strangest of the strange creatures, octopuses, may hold information related to Antarctica’s ice sheets. In a new study, scientists have examined the genes ...

A research expedition to Antarctica to study the region's octopus life has returned with descriptions of four new species, and the first known sub-zero venoms. "Antarctic octopus venom works at ...

Turquet's octopus made an ideal candidate for studying WAIS, she said, because the species is found all around the continent and fundamental information about it has already been answered by ...

A huge ice sheet appears to have melted about 120,000 years ago, when temperatures were similar to those on Earth today, according to a DNA study that mapped octopus movements. By Delger ...