When animals have a slow metabolic rate, they do not age but rather have a prolonged life. Resistance to diseases and genetics are also factors that can contribute to the longevity of an animal.

Equally worrying, Russia has increased its naval cooperation with China and given Beijing access, and a stake, in the Arctic.

Denmark's prime minister is wrapping up a three-day visit to Greenland on Friday after telling the U.S. “you cannot annex ...

With a clear aim to boost shipping along the country's northern coast, Russia is building more nuclear icebreaker ships that ...

US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs extend to some uninhabitated islands that have no trade and are home only to ...

Tiny tropical islands and remote Arctic outposts with no populations are among the countries and territories that now face at ...

Designed to clean up shipping exhaust, scrubbers are now attracting prohibition efforts as evidence of ecosystem damage grows ...

Arctic sea ice extent for March set a record low in the 47-year satellite data record. Extent was below average everywhere ...

Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses humanity the most. It, unfortunately, is in short supply—especially among ...

President Trump's sweeping new set of tariffs impact friends and foe alike, but also on the list are uninhabited islands ...

The global tariffs Trump announced this week include remote territories like Heard and McDonald Islands in the Indian Ocean ...

Eutrophication and oxygen depletion are well-known threats to the ecological balance of the Baltic Sea, which is increasingly ...