{"id":32996,"date":"2025-01-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=32996"},"modified":"2025-01-13T09:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T14:18:55","slug":"countdown-of-animals-that-change-colour-in-the-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/top-10\/countdown-of-animals-that-change-colour-in-the-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Animals that Change Colour in the Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just like we change our clothing for the winter, many animals also change their appearance to help them stay warm and to camouflage from predators. Check out this countdown of animals that look completely different from winter to summer.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1) Ptarmigan in the Summer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32997 size-full\" title=\"ptarmigan summer\" src=\"\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/ptarmigan-summer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/ptarmigan-summer.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/ptarmigan-summer-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/ptarmigan-summer-526x420.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2) Ptarmigan in the winter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33004 size-full\" title=\"ptarmigan winter\" src=\"\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/ptarmigan-winter.jpg\" alt=\"ptarmigan winter\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/ptarmigan-winter.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/ptarmigan-winter-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>3) Arctic Hare in the Summer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32998\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32998\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32998 size-full\" title=\"arctic hare \" src=\"\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic-hare-summer-flickr-credit-alan-sim.jpg\" alt=\"arctic hare summer flickr credit alan sim\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic-hare-summer-flickr-credit-alan-sim.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic-hare-summer-flickr-credit-alan-sim-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic-hare-summer-flickr-credit-alan-sim-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic-hare-summer-flickr-credit-alan-sim-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic-hare-summer-flickr-credit-alan-sim-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic-hare-summer-flickr-credit-alan-sim-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32998\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Flickr user Alan Sim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>4) Arctic Hare in the Winter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32999 size-full\" title=\"arctic hare winter\" src=\"\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic-hare-winter.jpg\" alt=\"arctic hare winter\" width=\"396\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic-hare-winter.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic-hare-winter-277x420.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic-hare-winter-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>5) Long Tailed Weasel in the Summer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33000 size-full\" title=\"long taile weasle summer\" src=\"\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/long-taile-weasle-summer.jpg\" alt=\"long taile weasle summer\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/long-taile-weasle-summer.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/long-taile-weasle-summer-280x420.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/long-taile-weasle-summer-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>6) Long Tailed Weasel in the Winter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33001 size-full\" title=\"long tailed weasel winter\" src=\"\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/long-tailed-weasel-winter.jpg\" alt=\"long tailed weasel winter\" width=\"600\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/long-tailed-weasel-winter.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/long-tailed-weasel-winter-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/long-tailed-weasel-winter-515x420.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>7) Male American Goldfinch in the Summer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33003 size-full\" title=\"male american goldfinch summer\" src=\"\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/male_american_goldfinch_in_summer.jpg\" alt=\"male american goldfinch summer\" width=\"600\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/male_american_goldfinch_in_summer.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/male_american_goldfinch_in_summer-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/male_american_goldfinch_in_summer-503x420.jpg 503w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>8) Male American Goldfinch in the Winter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33002 size-full\" title=\"Male american goldfinch winter\" src=\"\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/male-goldfinch_winter-e1736777857930.jpg\" alt=\"Male american goldfinch winter\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/male-goldfinch_winter-e1736777857930.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/male-goldfinch_winter-e1736777857930-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/male-goldfinch_winter-e1736777857930-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>9) Arctic Fox in the Summer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33007 size-full\" title=\"Arctic fox summer\" src=\"\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_fox_summer-e1736777907873.jpg\" alt=\"Arctic fox summer\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_fox_summer-e1736777907873.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_fox_summer-e1736777907873-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_fox_summer-e1736777907873-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>10) Arctic Fox in the Winter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33008 size-full\" title=\"Arctic fox winter\" src=\"\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_fox_winter.jpg\" alt=\"Arctic fox winter\" width=\"600\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_fox_winter.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_fox_winter-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_fox_winter-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-content\/uploads\/arctic_fox_winter-236x160.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like we change our clothing for the winter, so do many animals change their appearance! 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