A treasure trove of prehistoric squirrel poop is painting a picture of a lost world. Some of the oldest DNA ever discovered ...

Learn more about the treasure trove of evolutionary data uncovered from ancient Arctic ground squirrel droppings.

DNA preserved in 700,000-year-old squirrel droppings uncovered mammoths and other species, providing a detailed view of an ...

The Arctic tundra hosts a complex web of fungal communities that interact intimately with plants, shaping nutrient cycling, soil carbon dynamics and ecosystem resilience under rapidly changing ...

Rapid climate change is upending plant communities in the Arctic, with species flourishing in some areas and declining in others, according to a new study in Nature. The decades-long investigation, ...

Rapid warming has impacted the northern ecosystem so significantly that scientists are concerned the region's vegetation is losing the ability to recover from climate shocks, suggests a new study.

A group of muskoxen gather on the Arctic tundra near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. (Jeff Kerby) The story of Arctic greening has overlooked some main characters. At center stage are climate change and ...

Scientists studying Arctic plants say the ecosystems that host life in some of the most inhospitable reaches of the planet are changing in unexpected ways in an “early warning sign” for a region ...

The story of Arctic greening has overlooked some main characters. At center stage are climate change and warming temperatures. Meanwhile, large grazing wildlife, such as caribou and muskoxen, also ...

Despite the Trump administration’s relentless effort to remove the American public from our right and duty to protect our ...

When it comes to climate, what happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. The effects of Arctic warming are a harbinger of what's coming to all terrestrial biomes, including the deserts of ...

"However, a more productive Arctic is not necessarily an improved Arctic or a better Arctic. If the Arctic becomes increasingly more productive, some members of the ecosystem will benefit while others ...