Daylight, not temperature, triggers color change in Arctic animals. White fur provides camouflage and insulation due to hollow hair shafts. Climate change causes a mismatch; white coats stand out with ...

Did you ever wonder how an animal as large as a polar bear or reindeer floats? The answer is hollow hair, a remarkable ...

Herds of horses, bison and reindeer could play a significant part in saving the world from an acceleration in global heating. That is the conclusion of a recent study showing how grazing herbivores ...

In the Arctic, winter can last for months without a single ray of sunlight, yet life there never completely stops. Beneath the ice and snow, many animals remain active through the long polar night, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Three decades of data on animal migration and movements in the Arctic, tracked through a massive database developed by environmental engineers, shows that animals in one of Earth's ...

Every species of animal and plant that lives or breeds in the Arctic is experiencing dramatic change. As the polar region warms, species endure extreme weather, shrinking and altered habitat, ...

All over the world, you’ll find interesting creatures that live in different places, from land to the air – some that you may have heard of, and others that you haven’t. Contents1. Anaconda2. Arctic ...