The bands of ancient Neanderthals that struggled throughout Europe during the last Ice Age faced challenges no tougher than those confronted by the modern Inuit, or Eskimos. That’s the conclusion of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Inuits have the highest lung cancer rates in the world, largely attributed to widespread smoking among the population, researchers said Friday. Inuits have the highest lung cancer rates in the world, ...

INUIT people living in Greenland may have inherited caveman genes that helped an extinct type of human survive the last Ice Age. New evidence suggests the Inuits are protected against the Arctic cold ...

Atherosclerosis — the build-up of plaques of fat, cholesterol and calcium in one's arteries — is a leading cause of death today in the world's wealthier countries. While often seen as a product of ...

Inuits native to Canada, Greenland and Alaska were shown to have lung cancer rates twice as high as those found among Caucasians in the United States, according to the study published in the latest ...

LITTLE ROCK — We are always told a balanced diet with plenty of nutritious fresh produce is needed for good health. How did people avoid malnutrition in societies, like those in the Arctic, where ...

Six Inuits who were snatched from their families in Greenland and taken to Denmark 70 years ago are demanding compensation from Copenhagen for a lost childhood, their lawyer said Monday. In 1951, ...