Tag: Climate Change

As climates warm, many dragonfly species are losing dark pigmentations that attract more heat—but may also attract more mates Since the time of Charles Darwin, scientists have known that organisms...

Working in Alaska for more than 25 years, Grant Hilderbrand has become intimately aware of the effects of climate change on natural resources. “We’re looking at climate change every single...

Climate change has likely caused migratory birds’ bodies to get smaller and their wings to get longer over the years, and the timing of their migrations has shifted substantially. Researchers...

As ecosystems face a gauntlet of pressures that are reshaping how they function in the future, managers are left trying to figure out how to respond. While actions often revolve...

Cape buffalo could be contracting pathogens when they gather at water holes during the dry season in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, and biologists worry the problem will worsen with...

Komodo dragons, the world’s largest reptiles, are heading toward extinction, warns the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which has reclassified the species from “vulnerable” to “endangered” on its Red...

Even at Manassas National Battlefield Park, it’s hard to get a glimpse of a bobwhite, although its namesake call can be heard throughout the grasslands. For decades, the northern Virginia...

Some bats are known for their long flights, but not everyone appreciates their Olympic-worthy migratory marathon. The U.K. Bat Conservation Trust recently described a 1,250-mile journey they tracked of an...

Staff at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge see the effects of climate change right in front of them in the form of sea level rise. Eventually, they know that if nothing...

Toxic algal blooms could stress out wildlife, and in some cases, cause weaker immune systems in reptiles and birds in the Great Lakes region. Blue-green algae blooms are caused by...