Provides an introduction to Earth's biomes, explaining how they are communities of living organisms shaped by climate and geography. Key factors influencing biomes include light and water availability ...

A warming tundra has seen unexpected shifts, raising the alarm about fragile ecosystems and those who rely on them ...

But now we’re near the Arctic Circle ... where similar animals and plants live. Some of the world’s main biomes include rainforest, desert, savannah, grassland, woodland and tundra.

It’s well established that the slow incremental “press” of rising temperatures is changing the Arctic landscape, threatening ...

Scientists brave the deep snows and frigid cold of arctic Alaska ... trapped on the tundra by researchers and outfitted with satellite collars are revealing how the animals live.

Our writer spent 30 hours traveling with arctic wolves and gained a new appreciation for these predators of the tundra ... Is the measure of an animal’s wildness equal to the distance it ...

In the grand theater of nature, survival often depends on an animal’s ability to either see or ... to its spectral presence in the underwater forest. Arctic fox in winter time in Siberian tundra.

Therefore, we developed the first moderate resolution (30 m) maps of live aboveground plant biomass (g m−2) and woody plant dominance (%) for the Arctic tundra biome, including the mountainous Oro ...

Research camp on the arctic ... live a large portion of their lives adrift, laying on the waves while not swimming. They are great swimmers that utilize their wings to stroke submerged with a flying ...

Scientists say that PFAS, nicknamed "forever chemicals," are building up in animals like polar bears, seals, and birds and at ...

Scientists say that PFAS, nicknamed "forever chemicals," are building up in animals like polar bears, seals, and birds and at alarming levels in the Arctic. People living in the Arctic ...