Lapland is a region of northern Scandinavia - part of the Arctic tundra. In Finnish the word ‘tundra’ means ‘treeless plain’. The arctic tundra encircles the North Pole, extending from the ...

My children are far more knowledgeable about the habits of reindeer than I was at their age, thanks to the popularity of the animated fairy tale Frozen franchise, which not only featured a reindeer as ...

Grizzly bears are solitary animals. Individual bears have a home range, but these may overlap and are not fiercely defended. Their habitat can range from dense forest to alpine meadow to Arctic tundra ...

Common and hoary redpolls are 2 closely related finches of the boreal forest and Arctic tundra scrub. The common is the more widespread species of the 2, usually inhabiting subarctic forest during ...

Common. Breeding: a variety of open and dry habitats from tundra to desert, usually with cliffs, canyons, rocky outcroppings, or human-made structures for nesting. Migration: early in spring ...