Among these animals is the Arctic hare, the largest hare in North America. The Arctic hare has large claws on all four feet, ...

Tales from the Tundra: How Arctic Animals Carry Infections. by Adeline Dorcas on Jan 20 2025 10:09 PM. Listen to this article. 0:00 / 0:00.

In the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released Dec. 10, we brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, to report on the state ...

The Arctic tundra is warming up and that's causing long-frozen ground to melt as well as an increase in wildfires. The region is "now emitting more carbon that it stores, which will worsen climate ...

In the 2024 Arctic Report Card, 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, describe the rapid changes they’re witnessing across the ...

In the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released Dec. 10, we brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, to report on the state ...

For millennia, the tundra regions of the Arctic drew in carbon from the atmosphere and locked it in permafrost. That is the case no more, according to an annual report issued on Tuesday by the ...

In the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released Dec. 10, we brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, to report on the state ...

The Western Arctic Caribou Herd, once the biggest in Alaska, is faltering, having fallen from a high of 490,000 animals in 2003 to only 152,000 as of 2023. But to the east, the Porcupine Caribou ...

Arctic tundra now emits planet-warming pollution, ... It's still enough ice water to raise global sea levels by about .15 millimeters, ... Not all Arctic animals are faring as well.

Not all Arctic animals are faring as well. Inland caribou populations have declined by 65% over recent decades, according to the report card. One main reason is that they're often eating less.