The growth of woody plants in Arctic tundra regions affects more than caribou. In northwestern Alaska, where the growth has been most dramatic, it has attracted a proliferation of beavers ...

Wildlife in the Arctic is also being impacted by these changes. Summer heat is disrupting the movements and survival of tundra caribou. One main reason for the decline in tundra caribou is that ...

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By Liz Kimbrough The Arctic region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to ...

The Arctic tundra shifted this past year from capturing ... and said the NOAA report card also documents rapid declines in caribou herds. “Particularly the large migratory herds, including ...

Caribou bones and antlers lying on the tundra offer a previously untapped source of information ... Beyond the ramifications for the PCH, this study will contribute broadly to arctic conservation and ...

A third of the Arctic is now emitting climate-changing greenhouse gasses after thousands of years of storing them, according ...

U.S. National Science Foundation-supported research shows that caribou will optimize their migration path based on their collective memories. Caribou are the most abundant large mammal species on land ...

Arctic National Wildlife RefugeCaribou ... trimmed in cobalt blue; the buff brown tundra of coastal plain, dotted with caribou; the rolling foothills rising into the mighty Brooks Range, sparkling ...

What animals live in the coldest areas of the planet? We've done the research! Meet the animals thriving in earth's polar ...

Climate change has already been linked to lower survival or population declines of Arctic species from the sea-ice dependent polar bear, to the glacier-affiliated Kittlitz’s murrelet, to the ...

The temperature has also been rising; the past nine years have been the warmest on record in the Arctic. The changes have affected the region’s wildlife, with migratory tundra caribou ...