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 ...

Many of the bird species that arctic foxes hunt during the summer migrate south to escape the harsh winter weather. The foxes ...

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 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 ...

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

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 ...

how to find one species of tiny insect amidst such a vast expanse of Arctic tundra still frozen solid ... not unlike a bird incubating its nest. The nest also included an enormous tubular honey ...

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.