The Greenland polar bear hunts seals and birds from the sea ice year-round and sometimes comes on shore to consume vegetation in the summer. The bears usually do not hibernate during winter.

Now, thanks to warmer summers, the bird’s profile in Greenland is changing again. In 2016, Burnham’s team estimated there were at least 11 pairs of peregrines north of the American air base in ...

A bird’s eye view of Greenland’s melting glaciers An all-formats team of AP journalists spent three days traveling across Greenland to document the impact of its shrinking glaciers in photos, text and ...

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Iran has suggested expelling Israelis to Greenland as a solution to the tension in Gaza. In an exclusive interview with Sky ...

Greenland's prime minister has previously posted about Trump's comments regarding the island, such as a Jan. 16, 2025 Facebook post (archived) that read in part, "We don't want to be Americans ...

Although some shorebirds prefer habitats further from the water, most are found at the water’s edge. It may seem strange for shorebirds to run away from water as fast as their legs can carry them. Yet ...

Greenland's leader met with the Danish king in Copenhagen on Wednesday, a day after Trump's remarks thrust the fate of the island, which is under Danish rule, to the top of world headlines.

Since the birds often live 30 years or more, the researchers estimate that, over its lifetime, an arctic tern migrates about 1.5 million miles (2.4 million kilometers)—equal to three trips to ...

Trump has threatened to annex Danish territory Greenland. Now the US is asking Denmark for help with egg shortages. The plea comes amid Donald Trump’s trade war and an outbreak of avian flu that ...

There’s not just one Professor Burnham living in the Quad-City area and studying the effects of pollutants produced around the world on certain Arctic birds. Jennifer and Kurt Burnham, who live ...

Iran has suggested expelling Israelis to Greenland as a solution to the tension in Gaza. In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke about the conflict ...