Some pink-footed geese have begun migrating to the Arctic island of Novaya Zemlya in the summer to breed, nearly 1000 kilometres away from their usual breeding site on the island of Svalbard.

As the planet warms, animals that breed in the Arctic are at particular risk. But a new study offers some encouraging news: in an apparent reaction to pressures along their former migratory route, a ...

Climate change improves the breeding chances of migratory geese in the Arctic - but puts mother geese at more risk of death, according to a new study. Warmer conditions at breeding grounds in ...

Minnesota's breeding duck and goose numbers were up significantly from last year, and the state had a record number of wetlands, according to Department of Natural Resources spring waterfowl surveys.

The connectedness in Arctic regions between migratory waterbird populations originating from different continents and the potential for virus exchange at their shared Arctic breeding ground point to ...

The breeding grounds of Arctic migratory birds such as the barnacle goose are changing rapidly due to accelerated warming in the polar regions. They won't be able to keep up with this climate change ...

Northern marshes are being turned into empty, desecrated mud flat wastelands. The culprit? Snow geese. These marshes are the breeding ground for snow geese. Once destroyed, some fear the species will ...

DULUTH, Minn. -- A survey by the Department of Natural Resources shows the number of breeding ducks and geese in Minnesota is significantly higher than last year. The Duluth News Tribune reports that ...