Three arctic terns were seen on Star Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, on June 14. The long. slender bird has the longest migratory route of any bird, logging about 44,000 miles a year.

Tundra swans — at 15 pounds and with a wingspan of almost 6 feet — are now touching down on the ponds and snowfields of Alaska. Not too long ago, Alaska scientists discovered more about where ...

Autumn and spring migratory pathways for the Arctic Coastal Plain (blue), Bristol Bay Lowland (orange) and Lower Alaska Peninsula (red) populations of Alaska tundra swans from 2008 through 2011 ...

Tundra swans are seen at the Aylmer Wildlife Management Area in Aylmer, Ontario, Canada, on March 19, 2025. From late February to early April each year, thousands of wild tundra swans use Ontario ...

Swan sightings, according to museum records dating back to 2006, have ranged from 15 to 46 days, with arrivals as early as Feb. 3. Typically they stay in large numbers for maybe a week, Inglis said.

A Florida man who killed a protected tundra swan in front of a group of birdwatchers last winter has received a lifetime hunting ban, along with six months probation and $1,500 in fines, according to ...

When accounting for emissions from these wildfires, the report card found that the Arctic tundra has shifted from storing carbon to being a source of carbon emissions to the atmosphere.

But warming air temperatures in the Arctic are breaking down permafrost across the tundra, in some cases, severely. The Arctic report, for example, showed Alaskan permafrost temperatures in 2024 ...

The frigid Arctic tundra has soaked up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for millennia, an essential balancer for our planet’s climate. Now, it appears to be emitting more heat-trapping gasses ...

Arctic tundra, which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of planet-warming pollution. As wildfires increase and hotter temperatures melt long-frozen ground, the ...

Tundra swans: Two centuries later, a great big beautiful native returns Letters Published date: November 8, 2024 | 7:23 pm Updated: June 13, 2025 | 8:34 pm ...