Over 400 types of fish, 20 types of warm-blooded creatures, and 100 types of birds call North Pole home. In opposition to well-known misinterpretation, no charming-looking penguins are at the North ...

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that the Saimaa ringed seal is evolutionarily more differentiated than previously known. In fact, the study suggests ...

The results show that Saimaa ringed seals diverged from other ringed seals already more than 60,000 years ago – that is, long before Lake Saimaa came to existence 10,000 years ago.