We identify biomes by the vegetation and animals that populate them and determine the location of each by the regional climate. The tundra biome is characterized by extremely cold temperatures and ...

The extremely cold temperatures of the tundra, combined with the lack of precipitation makes for a rather barren landscape. But there are a number of plants and animals that still call this ...

Tundra ecosystems are treeless regions found in the Arctic and on the tops of mountains, where the climate is cold and windy, and rainfall is scant. Tundra lands are covered with snow for much of ...

"There's a population explosion of animals across the tundra, and it just looks like they're coming out everywhere," he said. "They get into your tent and you have to look out that you don't step ...

Reindeer also travel, feed, and rest together in the wild, sometimes forming super-herds of up to 500,000 animals. Tundra ...

The tundra is a difficult place to call home ... To survive, you’d have to be one of the fiercest animals on Earth. Being a predator in a part of the world with so little to eat means you have to be ...

Plus, the logistics of establishing hundreds of mammoth-sized animals on the Arctic tundra to recreate the “Mammoth Steppe”—an expanse of land in far northern regions that was once home to ...

What does it mean to be picture perfect? Just take a hike along the tundra regions of Western Canada, and the significance of ...

A new review on zoonotic infections (diseases spread by animals) in the Canadian Arctic offers important guidance to clinicians, as the region gains global attention and climate change raises the ...

Caribou depend on tundra plants like lichen and mosses; the shrubs and trees taking over the terrain are reducing the availability of that food favored by the animals. Dial has studied changes in ...