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Ukraine war impacts migrating eagles

GPS tags showed greater spotted eagles avoided conflict zones

May 20, 2024

Boreal forests and tundra among hardest hit over 500 years of climate change

These landscapes also play a significant role in regulating climate

May 17, 2024

Watch: Beavers provide key ecosystem services

Environmental scientist Ben Goldfarb speaks with CDFW

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January 25, 2018

Algae and warming water could be killing Michigan waterfowl

Since the late 1990s, an increasing number of waterfowl have been dropping and drowning in the Great Lakes due to more frequent botulism outbreaks. Biologists recently found evidence that warming...

January 24, 2018

Road closures pave way for grizzly comeback

In British Columbia’s Monashee Mountains, where an imperiled population of grizzlies gradually recovers, the timber trade has carved out over 10,000 kilometers of dirt roads — more than twice the...

January 18, 2018

‘Sonic kayaks’ monitor life underwater

An interdisciplinary team in the United Kingdom has designed a “sonic kayak” that researchers and citizen scientists can use to eavesdrop on the ecosystem below and obtain underwater sound and...

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January 18, 2018

At play, Native American kids show deeper ecological knowledge

Can playtime tell us how young children see wildlife and the environment? A study of Midwestern preschoolers found Native American children were more likely than others to roleplay as animals...

January 11, 2018

Human light disorients and jeopardizes turtle hatchlings

Imagine baby turtles flapping their flippers on miniature treadmills before going for a swim in bright pink bathing suits. That was the scene in a Florida lab as biologists tried...

January 11, 2018

As climate warms, old-growth forests could give birds refuge

With temperatures expected to rise over the coming decades, some bird species could find it difficult to cope and suffer declines. But researchers in the Pacific Northwest found that old-growth...

January 10, 2018

Can a ‘twitch’ be a pitch for wildlife?

The black-backed oriole typically subsists on monarch butterflies in the forests of central Mexico, but when one appeared in suburban Pennsylvania last January, thousands of birders flocked to get a...

January 4, 2018

TWS recognizes wildlifers for outstanding publications

Nominations for the Wildlife Publication Awards will be accepted through May 1, 2018. Click on the link above to visit the Wildlife Publication Awards webpage, or visit https://wildlife.org/awards to learn more about...

January 4, 2018

Constantly on the hunt, midsize carnivores face unique risks

Medium-sized carnivores may be particularly at risk from environmental changes, an international team of scientists found, because they spend so much of their waking hours hunting for food that they...

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