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From their beautiful white winter coats, to their ginormous hind feet, the snowshoe hare is a cool critter indeed. It’s feet may look ridiculously large, but they are what helps them survive in the harsh environment in which they live. Hares are larger than rabbits and tend to live above […]

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The Japanese macaque monkey, aka snowy monkey, is found on 3 of the 4 main Japanese islands: Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Their preferred habitat is evergreen and broad-leaved deciduous forests, from subtropical lowlands to sub-alpine regions. They can be found at up to 9,600 foot elevations where the temperatures drop […]

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The snow leopard calls the high, rugged, and frigid mountains of central and south Asia their home. Once thought to have a few subspecies research has, for now, listed these beautiful cats as a monotypic species (a group that contains only 1 species). They occur at altitudes of up to […]

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The Arctic grouse (aka: ptarmigan, rock ptarmigan, snow chicken, raichō, white grouse, and more) is a member of the pheasant family. There are 18 known species of grouse can be found in the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, Greenland, the mountains of the Alps, the Altay, the Pyrenees, […]

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With the ability to survive in some of the harshest conditions on the planet, the Arctic fox is able to survive in temperatures that drop as low as -76˚F! Their jovial and playful nature, plus their stark white coat have made these critters a favorite of Arctic animals. Due to […]

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The snowy owl (aka: snow owl, arctic owl, great white owl, and white owl) is found in the western Aleutians in Alaska to northern Quebec, northeastern Manitoba, and northern Labrador in Canada. When they head south for the winter, they can be spotted as far south as central California and […]

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The polar bear is found in the Arctic regions in Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Russia, and Norway. These bears are 1 of the most beloved bear species in the world. However, they are under serious threat from climate change, which has caused their sea ice habitat to shrink to critically dangerous […]

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The arctic hare lives in the extremely harsh environment of the North American tundra and Greenland. The Arctic hare is well-suited to conditions typically seen in the tundra regions, plateaus, and treeless coasts of this area. They are specifically adapted to cold weather and frozen precipitation. These critters may look […]

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Looking like a small, ticked off bear, but actually the largest member of the weasel family, it’s the wolverine. They prefer life in the arctic and subarctic regions of North America, Canada, Northern Europe, Russia, and Siberia. Wolverines enjoy cold and snow filled boreal forests, tundra, and taiga. These ferocious […]

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