In 1958, Disney released a wildlife documentary called "White Wilderness." One scene depicts a tiny, brown-furred rodent — a lemming — scuttling about in the Arctic snow. "There is an actual living ...

Research shows a decline in lemming populations due to warmer winters, disrupting ecosystem dynamics and predator-prey relationships. Lemming populations throughout Scandinavia tend to explode ...

"Our findings indicate that the Norwegian lemming is among the most recently evolved mammals, diverging from its sister taxon, the Western Siberian lemming, at a remarkably shallow time depth. After ...

Global warming and resultant climate change seem to be the culprit for shrinking lemming populations in Norway, says a new study. Lemming populations throughout Scandinavia tend to explode naturally ...

Changing weather patterns, producing the wrong kind of snow, have transformed the population dynamics of lemmings in northern Scandinavia. The knock-on effects have been felt throughout the ecosystem.