Deep in the ice-covered peaks of Norway lies the sleepy Arctic village of Svalbard. With fewer than 3,000 residents, its inhabitants are primarily wildlife. Arctic foxes scurry from their burrows, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. These six award-winning polar images reveal how Arctic ...

Mercury (Hg) is an environmental concern in the Arctic, where high concentrations are found in top predators such as polar bears and toothed whales. Despite declining atmospheric Hg emissions since ...

Toxins released by long-extinguished fossil fuel fires and gold smelters are showing up in the bodies of Arctic wildlife, according to new research pointing to mercury released by pollution hundreds ...

As temperatures rise, reindeer face a growing struggle to reach the lichen they depend on. More frequent and intense droughts, storms and heat waves, melting glaciers, warming oceans and rising sea ...