The study, published today in the journal PNAS Nexus, highlights the importance of large herbivores to the Arctic ecosystem, ...

Caribou and muskoxen significantly affect Arctic plant growth, revealing their overlooked role in climate impacts.

The study, published today in the journal PNAS Nexus, highlights the importance of large herbivores to the Arctic ecosystem, ...

Wildlife presenter Ferne Corrigan takes a look at the Arctic tundra and how plants and animals have adapted to live in this biome. Ferne describes the location of the tundra biomes around the ...

Landscape fires trigger soil erosion processes: the tundra's upper cover, being left without plant protection, warms up faster and deeper, which leads to a significant degradation of the permafrost.

Each biome has characteristics that make it unique, for example Alaska is a type of tundra. The animals and plants have to be really tough to survive the freezing conditions. Deserts are dry and ...

After three decades, I had returned north with a purpose: to assess how tundra plants were responding in a rapidly changing climate. For my assistants and me, the plan was straightforward.