Introduced species adapt rapidly to new climate niches
“Introduced species can provide this natural experiment of what happens when you toss species in a completely different climate — can they survive or not?” ...
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Climate changes is shifting Bracken Cave bat migration
South Texas’s Bracken Cave is home to 15 million Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) — the world’s largest known bat colony — and their use of ...
Report looks at health of grassland birds
A study by the Audubon Society found 42% of grassland birds are highly vulnerable to climate change. For many species, the areas they currently occupy will likely ...
Yellow jacket ‘super nests’ appear in Alabama
Biologists in Alabama are warning of a proliferation of enormous yellow jacket nests — some as big as a Volkswagen Beetle — as warming temperatures allow more ...
The July/August Issue of The Wildlife Professional
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Rethinking wildlife corridors in a changing climate
Black bears in British Columbia and Washington state will face habitat connectivity issues under future climate change scenarios, and the simple fix of creating ...
Stressed tadpoles develop lower fitness as adults
For frogs, a stressful early life as a tadpole can lead to long-term fitness consequences in adulthood. “Even though you have this huge change in body morphology ...
Fluctuating temperatures could threaten turtle populations
Rising temperatures aren’t the only climate-related threat that could imperil turtle species by causing their eggs to produce only one sex. In addition to general ...
Researchers find ‘tipping points’ in salt marsh survival
Marshes are as particular as goldilocks, Duke University researcher Anna E. Braswell says. If they never get flooded, they’ll turn into uplands. But if they get ...
Fall of the monarchs
Over the last two decades, the number of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) in North America has plummeted by approximately 90 percent — in part due ...