Learn more about the birds that feel right at home in the Arctic’s icy climate. Arctic birds, like snow buntings and arctic terns, have made some amazing adaptations to be able to withstand the polar ...

Now that the weather's dropped, it can be hard to imagine spending more than a couple minutes outside. So how in the world ...

To the delight of photographers and birders alike, the wonderous Arctic Snowy Owls winter in the grasslands of southern ...

Snowy owl sightings have been thrilling people across northern Illinois this winter, but these occasional visitors from the ...

The red knot is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers ...

Common and hoary redpolls are 2 closely related finches of the boreal forest and Arctic tundra scrub ... Immature: first-year birds resemble an adult female, but they tend to be buffier.

The contrast between the declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd is correlated to different levels of ...

linking grazing with plant phenology and abundance in the Arctic tundra. Phenology is the study of the timing and cyclical patterns in nature, such as when birds migrate, or when a plant first ...

The Arctic is rapidly changing from the climate crisis, with no "new normal," scientists warn. Wildfires and permafrost thaw are making the tundra emit more carbon than it absorbs. From beaver ...

The arctic tundra encircles the North Pole ... They survive by eating a varied diet, including dead seals and birds’ eggs. This handsome looking mammal is a musk ox, common in North America.