Unlike tropical mosquitoes, Arctic species don’t carry human diseases. But the change could spell trouble for caribou and upend the ecology of the tundra, where mosquitoes pollinate plants and ...

Mosquitoes also serve as food for a variety of species and pollinators for tundra plants in addition to their more notorious role as pests to humans and wildlife. The life cycle of Arctic ...

Arctic mosquitoes develop in shallow temporary ponds of springtime snowmelt on the tundra, where their top predators are diving beetles. Using field and lab studies, the researchers measured the ...

Bzz! It’s mosquito season in Greenland. June and July marks the period when Arctic mosquitoes (Aedes nigripes) are in peak abundance, buzzing about the tundra. While Arctic mosquitoes serve as an ...

It’s also a weathervane, swiveling in the wind. 2 There are more than 2,500 varieties of mosquito (some entomologists claim 3,000) whining from the Arctic tundra to the tropical rain forests. Most are ...

Mountain goats, sheep, marmots, and birds live in mountain—or alpine—tundra and feed on the low-lying plants and insects. Hardy flora like cushion plants survive in the mountain zones by ...

“Once you get into tundra habitat, they basically can darken the sky — you have to be protected.” In northern parts of the state, mosquitoes can form massive swarms, resembling something out ...

Mosquitoes in the rapidly warming Arctic are not only able to grow faster, but they’re also emerging from their ponds earlier and in higher numbers, according to new findings published in ...

Other Arctic tundra animals include snowy owls, reindeer, polar bears, white foxes, lemmings, Arctic hares, wolverines, caribou, migrating birds, mosquitoes, and black flies. Animals of the alpine ...

They say the number of insects varies with weather conditions each year. "It seems to me that there are more this year than usual," Ponomarev said. Ust-Kamchatsk is surrounded by tundra and swamps ...

Toolik Field Station, Alaska - Cheryl continues her reports from north of the arctic circle in Alaska as she talks with scientists studying the Tundra, and spends time dodging mosquitoes.

This summer he spent 78 days in the tundra and the mosquito swarms were "the worst for sure," he told Alaska Dispatch in a Sunday post. From Alaska Dispatch: Most researchers know what they're ...