Antarctica is like no other place on Earth. The continent is covered almost entirely by a thick ice sheet. Yet there is very little precipitation.
species include penguins, seals, seabirds, and hardy tundra-like
Some frogs live high on mountain slopes or in the frigid North. Some species practice controlled freezing: they produce excess sugars or starches to prevent damage to sensitive tissues while the re…
North American wood frog ranges well into the Alaskan tundra
Non-avian dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago, but birds have thrived around the world.
over the planet, from tropical forests to frozen tundra
Museum curators and scientists pick their favorite national parks.
biodiverse places on the planet due to left-over tundra
A herd of musk oxen hunkers down to wait out a snowstorm.
Canadian high Arctic—a treeless, bleak terrain known as tundra
Scientists are uncovering a rich diversity of life in marine ecosystems miles below the surface.
landscapes from the tropical rain forests to the alpine tundra
A new study identifies a newly discovered 3- to 5-million-year-old Tibetan fox from the Himalayan Mountains, Vulpes qiuzhudingi, as the oldest close relative of the living Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus.
megafauna has usually been sought either in the arctic tundra
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Perpetually frozen landscapes… endless vistas of barren tundra
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When bears switch to the tundra in some areas, they
Ross MacPhee is the former chairman of the Department of Mammalogy at the American Museum of Natural History, where he has been Curator since 1988.
as 75 degrees in an area that is now exclusively tundra
