Lightning strikes in the Arctic have surged in recent years, raising alarms among scientists about their role in wildfires, ...

A ghostly white figure perched on a Texas light pole has left residents and birdwatchers stunned. A snowy owl, a bird usually ...

The Trump administration has proposed reopening vast sections of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve to oil development, ...

The Arctic is the northernmost region of the Earth, centered at the North Pole. It is a vast polar region at the top of the world. Unlike ...

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.

Ground-based measurements of the hemispherical directional reflectance factor (HDRF) of windblown snow covered Arctic tundra were measured at large solar zenith angles (79°-85°) for six sites near the ...

A new push for more oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging threatens irreparable damage to irreplaceable habitats.

Every day for the last month I’ve been working along the Dalton Highway, the 495-mile, two-lane gravel road that connects ...

Federal and state wildland fire crews scrambled Wednesday and early Thursday to respond to a wave of new wildfires in ...

Sophie Howe explains why the government should listen to its citizens’ calls to institutionalize long-term thinking.