The snowy white tundra swan breeds in the Arctic and migrates many miles to ... feed by dipping their heads underwater to pluck aquatic plants, tubers, and roots. They also eat shellfish and ...

Forget what you learned in grade school science class: The Arctic ... the moss, lichens, and other vegetation of the tundra have taken in carbon dioxide and stored it, as all plants do.

The Western Arctic Caribou Herd ... Caribou depend on tundra plants like lichen and mosses; the shrubs and trees taking over the terrain are reducing the availability of that food favored by ...

But the most spectacular find was an impeccably preserved Arctic ... spike moss (Selaginella rupestris), which today survives only on sandy and rocky places. "They need the things all plants ...

They analyzed the communities, typical for the local sub-Arctic tundra. "The fire has destroyed almost the entire ground cover - the mosses and ... Among the pioneer plants that were the first ...

Wildlife presenter Ferne Corrigan takes a look at the Arctic tundra and how plants and animals have adapted to live in this biome. Ferne describes the location of the tundra biomes around the ...