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Why birds migrate to the Arctic

Scientists look for the reasons that birds migrate thousands of miles to nest in the Arctic.
How teeth may help solve a 53 million-year mystery

Scientists have long wondered if animals migrated to Ellesmere Island seasonally or stayed throughout the year. Now, they have some clues.
Canadians pull together under a blanket of snow

Rare coast-to-coast white Christmas refreshes sense of unity.
Shrinking Arctic Ocean sea ice signals climate change

Global warming may have accelerated the irreversible loss of ice shelves that are thousands of years old, say scientists.

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