The subnivean zone provides a winter refuge for mice and other small animals. Submitted photo On a cold winter day, it’s easy to think of the landscape as frozen, silent, and asleep. Snow covers our ...

Over 70% of snow leopard habitat remains unexplored.

Weather is more than just a colorful chart on your television screen or crossing your fingers for a snow day. Winter comes with temperature drops, bird migration, and bundling up. Here, winter also ...

Analysis of 70 years of snowfall in the Northern Hemisphere reveals that snow buffers the effect of varying precipitation levels on streamflow. The link highlights the need to rethink water-resource ...

The snow this past weekend was a terrific introduction to winter. It has been so unseasonably warm recently I was afraid I hadn’t moved far enough north. The duality of snow is one of my favorite ...

Snow cover is a critical component of the Earth system, influencing regional hydrology, surface energy balance and ecosystem functioning. Changes in the timing, duration and spatial extent of snow ...

You might notice something unusual on the ground after a winter storm, white shapes that look like logs, Swiss rolls, or rolled-up carpets. These are called snow rollers, and they’re essentially ...

A snow leopard undergoes adaptation training at the Ningxia Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve in Ningxia Hui autonomous ...

Sapporo is the capital city of Hokkaido and the fifth-largest city in the country. As Japan’s most northern island, Hokkaido boasts pristine wilderness, home to endangered Steller's sea eagle, brown ...

A green long-jawed orbweaver spider was spotted hunting on top of snow in the Northeast. These spiders produce a natural antifreeze, allowing them to remain active in freezing temperatures. They ...

“In winter, things are down to their essence and their bare bones,” said David Lamon, the manager of the Fields Pond Audubon Center in Holden, Maine. For those in Northern climates, the outdoors in ...