Tag: Climate Change

The name of her cabin inspired biologist Jennifer Frey to do a bit of ecological sleuthing. Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Gila National Forest of New Mexico...

The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management...

Climate change is altering when whales are most active in Cape Cod Bay, an important habitat within the Gulf of Maine. But rather than being active sooner and taking advantage...

When Georgia Titcomb was embarking on her PhD research in Kenya, she noticed a wide array of animals—both domestic and wild—eating, drinking and pooping all in the same place. They...

Protected areas are havens of biodiversity across the globe, but under a warming climate, species using them may shift their niches to areas that are no longer protected. “Climate change...

If countries set aside 30% of their land for nature, over 1,000 wildlife species whose habitats are currently unprotected would benefit, researchers found, including many that are threatened or endangered....

In a remote corner of southeastern Greenland, researchers discovered an isolated, genetically distinct polar bear population that survives in a landscape without sea ice for most of the year—the sort...

Climate change could dramatically decrease the range of salamanders across the eastern United States and Canada, raising questions about how that might affect the ecosystems in which they play a...

It’s tempting to think of climate change as something looming in the future. But scientists have already collected decades of data showing warming temperatures, changing ecosystems, and wildlife moving and...

When we think of evolution, we often think of the millions of years of slow adaptations that gradually see ducks emerge from dinosaurs, or large gray wolves (Canis lupus) in...