The unpredictable weather patterns of our changing environment are disruptive in ways humans might not even imagine. And for caribou herds in the Arctic, these changes are posing a risk to the future ...

White-fronted geese paint the skies across the still-white tundra, and waves of eiders wing their way over the open leads in the Arctic Ocean. Caribou begin their ritual trek north to reach calving ...

Another difference between these two animals has to do with habitat. Many caribou live on the Arctic tundra. They have an undercoat with a wooly texture along with an upper coat that repels ...

Distribute a copy of the Arctic Animals Video Worksheet to each student. While they are watching the video, have students write down the issues that each animal faces due to alterations in their ...

Wildlife presenter Ferne Corrigan takes a look at the Arctic tundra and how plants and animals have adapted to live in this biome. Ferne describes the location of the tundra biomes around the ...

At the top of the list is the arctic tern ... These are the animals with the longest migrations. In the Yukon, Porcupine caribou travel 3,000 miles. This is the longest migration by land of ...

The Arctic is warming faster than any region on Earth. See how climate change is dramatically transforming this polar landscape and the animals and plants that depend on it.

The research could then be collated in the form of a class poster or to start a wildlife fact file under the topic of ‘Arctic animals’.

mainly other arctic wolves, foxes, and some carnivorous birds. After the meal, it’s time to play. Two one-year-olds pick on a pup. Such play allows the animals to bond and teaches pups how to ...

In a chase they can outlast most animals and run as far ... In Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a wolverine feeds on a caribou killed after being chased over a cliff by wolves.

The name honors the role this 1.5-million-acre swath of Arctic coastal plain plays as the primary calving grounds of the Porcupine caribou, a herd of more than 200,000 animals. This crucial ...

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is particularly contentious because it is home to animals including grizzly bears, polar bears, gray wolves, caribou and more than 200 species of birds ...