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

The woolly mammoth’s natural habitat was the Arctic tundra, an ecosystem that’s ... promoting the growth of grasses that reflect sunlight and prevent permafrost from thawing.

The snowy white tundra swan breeds in the Arctic and migrates many miles to ... nests are large stick dwellings lined with moss and grasses. Ideally, they are situated close to a pond or other ...

A pair of ravens sailed overhead, and apart from their jeering, there was no sound on the tundra but the voices ... the pack moved on to hunt arctic hares in the grass around the airfield.

The temperature of the Tundra is cold for most of the year ... For example, cotton grass is short, which protects it from the wind, and snow cover in winter shields it from the extreme cold.

Researchers in a new study published in Nature Climate Change, have measured the flow of carbon in the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ) — consisting of the treeless tundra, boreal forests, and wetlands in ...

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