National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric ... Ikummaq tells me the names for a few Arctic animals. An aarluk—“kills everything”—is a killer whale; a tingugliktuq—“bad liver, ...

But at National Geographic’s request ... A few hundred beavers won’t reengineer the Arctic. But the animals may be heading north in Canada and Siberia too, and they reproduce quickly.

This story appears in the April 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... halfway between Norway and the North Pole, a flock of arctic terns soar and wheel in the perpetual daylight.

Photographing in the Arctic involves ... are such photographed animals that I found getting close and intimate gave me the best images. PHOTOGRAPH BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVEWORKS On the ...

Great horned owls are adaptable birds and live from the Arctic to South America ... and use their powerful talons to kill and carry animals several times heavier than themselves.

This article is adapted from Joel Sartore’s new book, Vanishing, published by National Geographic Books. Joel Sartore has been photographing animals for his Photo Ark project for 13 years.

The Arctic ice is revealed as a place of danger and drama as animals are stranded on frozen waters, trapped between moving sheets of ice, and caught in the struggle to survive. Brave the worst ...