Many of the bird species that arctic foxes hunt during the summer migrate south to escape the harsh winter weather. The foxes ...
Learn more about the birds that feel right at home in the Arctic’s icy climate. Arctic birds, like snow buntings and arctic ...
In the winter months, protected peregrine falcons start building their nests on Western North Carolina’s high cliffs.
Now that the weather's dropped, it can be hard to imagine spending more than a couple minutes outside. So how in the world ...
Snow is more than just a pretty blanket over the landscape––it’s a phenomenon packed with surprising abilities.
The declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd use habitat with differing levels of climate change-related ...
In the spring of 1990, I finished my first book, “Midnight Wilderness: Journeys in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,” ...
Scientists have found that foxes' success rate increases from about 18 percent to 74 percent when they face the north, as ...
An irregular but popular winter visitor is stirring the interest of Minnesota bird-watchers, wildlife specialists and even the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). Snowy owls, which ...
Experts have said birds from Russia, Iceland and Greenland spending the winter on the Solent make the area of worldwide importance for wildlife. Every year, up to 125,000 birds migrate in the ...
Peregrine falcons have dark stripes under their eyes, thought to reduce sun glare. But in other falcon species these markings are unrelated to sunlight.