Learn how to care for your garden during cold spells with expert tips on watering and avoiding premature pruning.

An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions ...

Climate change impacts on the Western Arctic Caribou Herd go beyond the spread of shrubs displacing tundra plants. Warm winter conditions in 2005 produced two days of rain in the herd’s winter ...

The snowy white tundra swan breeds in the Arctic and migrates many miles to winter on North America's ... their heads underwater to pluck aquatic plants, tubers, and roots. They also eat shellfish ...

Sergey Zimov, right, and his son, Nikita, run an Arctic research ... of dirt and plant detritus. Called the active layer, this soil normally thaws each summer and refreezes in winter, protecting ...

An active layer of permafrost is the only layer of soil that can support plant life in the Arctic tundra, which lacks ... During the winter, the opposite occurs, and the entire landscape is ...

The Arctic tundra ... movements and survival of tundra caribou. One main reason for the decline in tundra caribou is that they are often eating less, and changes to winter snow and ice conditions ...

The average winter temperatures can be below -30C ... Wildlife presenter Ferne Corrigan takes a look at the Arctic tundra and how plants and animals have adapted to live in this biome.

An arctic front swept across the U.S., dropping temperatures and bringing sleet and snow as far south as South Texas, likely destroying a few plants and vegetation. To aid in bringing life back to ...