Why do arctic foxes leap up into the air and crash face first into the ground? The answer might surprise you and it is vital ...

The Arctic fox in the attached video is hunting for lemmings in the Arctic, which the average person would likely be unaware of. Using this keen sense of hearing, the Arctic fox is ready to take ...

In the far north of our planet lies the largest land habitat on earth, home to snow-covered forests and the icy open tundra. These are lands of extremes that push animals to their limits: in winter ...

Their feet are covered with feathers to provide insulation in the cold Arctic climate. • Snowy owls will eat a variety of food including lemmings, arctic hares, mice, ducks and seabirds. They swallow ...

Their prey includes lemmings and other small rodents as well as variety of waterfowl. Since lemming populations in the Arctic can vary greatly from year-to-year, one explanation for their occasional ...

We hypothesized that lemmings reduce the energetic cost of thermoregulation ... and highlight some potential implications for arctic ecosystem dynamics based on predator-prey interactions.