we have seen a loss of about 3 billion birds in North America, due to climate warming and habitat loss. Enjoy our white winter and if you are up in the tundra, you are unlikely to see ptarmigan ...

The smallest bird in the grouse family, the white-tailed ptarmigan is also one of the few animals that lives on alpine mountaintops throughout its entire life. Every part of this ptarmigan is adapted ...

On the open tundra of Svalbard's plateaus ... and only one—the Svalbard rock ptarmigan—has what it takes to survive on land year-round. The birds migrate up here for the safe breeding and ...

DESCRIPTION: Adult white-tailed ptarmigan typically grow to 30 to 34 centimeters in length and weigh 345 to 425 grams. The bird is distinguishable from other species of grouse by its perpetually white ...

A brutally cold few days arrive this weekend. The forecast calls for temperatures to drop into the negative teens at night on ...

An amateur nature photographer from Cramlington headed to Scotland in the snow to capture amazing pictures of a mountain hare ...

Only the hardiest species, such as Svalbard reindeer, polar bears, Svalbard rock ptarmigan ... the tundra, absorbing the suns heat in their domes. The vegetation is lush by the foot of bird ...