The world's tiniest trees can grow just a few centimetres high – discover more about their adaptations to the freezing Arctic ...

With controversy surrounding recent statements—scientific and otherwise—about the purported status of the Arctic climate, we thought we would take a look toward the future of plants in the icy world.

Shrub expansion has occurred across much of the arctic tundra over the past century. Increasing dominance of woody vegetation is expected to have global influences on climate patterns and lead to ...

Plants of the alpine skypilot, Polemonium viscosum, occur from timberline to the highest ridgetops and summits of the Rocky Mountains, USA. To investigate the importance of herbivory in determining ...