For more than 50 years, dozens of racers and hundreds of dogs have taken to the Iditarod trail in search of excitement and ...

Looking for a winter companion? Discover the best cold-weather dog breeds built for snow, from Huskies to Saint Bernards.

Svalbard, Norway, offers an unparalleled Arctic adventure, boasting abundant polar bears and extreme natural phenomena like 24-hour daylight and month ...

New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that the majority of dogs living today have low but detectable ...

In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him.

As temperatures plummet across Britain, vet nurse Leah Callaghan warns that some dog breeds suffer from the chill far more ...

Two species of seal live in the UK all year round – the grey seal and the harbour seal. These earless seals are found around much of our coastline and sometimes venture into our rivers too. The grey ...

The Arctic is warming almost three times as quickly as the rest of the world, and Atlantic walrus are feeling the heat. “Walrus are one of many Arctic species at the forefront of climate change ...

Two new studies published in Science are revealing more information about the history of domestic dogs. One study analyzed dozens of ancient dog genomes and found that canines were migrating across ...

Meet a truly great and impressive walrus.

From village dogs to toy poodles to mastiffs, dogs come in an astonishing array of shapes, colours and sizes. Today there are estimated to be about 700 million dogs living with or around humans. To ...