For evolutionary biologists, the best experiments are those already going on in nature. The different conditions in which humans have lived for tens of thousands of years have made us adapt and change ...

Over the past five years, photographer Ciril Jazbec has documented the changing lives of the Inuit people in Greenland, the world's largest island, which is covered by the world's largest and ...

MONTREAL — While Canada’s isolated northern aboriginals are not sitting at the same table as the 180 nations attending the U.N. Climate Change Conference, they have a front-row seat to the chilling ...

- said Fernando Racimo, lead author of the study. The authors found that the variant is present at low-to-intermediate frequencies throughout Eurasia, and at especially high frequencies in the Inuits ...

To survive in the harsh Greenland conditions, specific gene variants protect Inuits. Justin Lewis/Getty Arctic Inuits may have adapted to the cold and harsh climate thanks to genetic variants that ...

The rapid melting of the Arctic sea ice has rejuvenated interests in the region, ranging from oil and gas and mineral exploration to the possibility of shorter sea routes and increased tourism. But ...

Dundee thrived on its whaling industry during the 1800s, with long voyages to the Arctic bringing home lucrative blubber and bone to the quayside. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...

Inuits are less likely to develop cardiovascular disease and diabetes, despite their large fat intake. Ansgar Walk/wikimedia, CC BY-SA For evolutionary biologists, the best experiments are those ...