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 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.

a plant indigenous to tundra ecosystems in Alaska. Wilkes undergraduates are participating in the project as field assistants, spending up to 10 weeks during the summer at the Toolik Lake Field ...

In the winter, these foxes boast a long white coat that sheds to short, dark gray to bluish-brown fur in the summer. They measure three feet from nose to tail and weigh between six and 12 pounds.

I joined a team of wolf researchers and a BBC film crew to spend three months in a tent on the tundra ... end of the Arctic, is a land of 24-hour summer sun and 24-hour winter darkness, where ...

They analyzed the communities, typical for the local sub-Arctic tundra ... trigger soil erosion processes: the tundra's upper cover, being left without plant protection, warms up faster and ...

Swells of Siberian tundra roll north toward the Arctic Ocean; a reindeer herd grazes ... “Our reindeer were too weak for the long journey.” In the winter of 2013-14, an unusual warm spell ...