Among these animals is the Arctic hare, the largest hare in North America. The Arctic hare has large claws on all four feet, but the ones on its hind legs are unusually long, allowing it to dig into ...

Tales from the Tundra: How Arctic Animals Carry Infections. by Adeline Dorcas on Jan 20 2025 10:09 PM. Listen to this article. 0:00 / 0:00.

While polar bears are a big tourist draw, the Arctic has a wealth of wildlife to observe and terrains to explore ...

Some animals don’t stay the same shade! From survival tactics to communication, these wild creatures use colour shifts to ...

The Arctic tundra has historically helped reduce global emissions. But rising temperatures and wildfires in the region are changing that, scientists say. Arctic tundra becoming a source of carbon ...

For millennia, the tundra regions of the Arctic drew in carbon from the atmosphere and locked it in permafrost. That is the case no more, according to an annual report issued on Tuesday by the ...

Not all Arctic animals are faring as well. Inland caribou populations have declined by 65% over recent decades, according to the report card. One main reason is that they're often eating less.

Arctic tundra, Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. ... Not all Arctic animals are faring so well. Inland caribou populations have declined by 65% over recent decades, according to the report card.

For millennia, the tundra regions of the Arctic drew in carbon from the atmosphere and locked it in permafrost. That is the case no more, according to an annual report ...