Warmer weather means duller dragonflies
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, ...
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Group to host climate listening session at TWS Annual Conference
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 warming changes bird migration timing and body size
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 ...
A RADical idea for managing the ecosystems of the future
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 ...
JWM: Water holes could be pathogen hotspots for Cape buffalo
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 ...
Komodo dragons creep toward extinction
Komodo dragons, the world’s largest reptiles, are heading toward extinction, warns the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which has reclassified the ...
Battling to help bobwhite endure climate change
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 ...
Small bat flies 1,250 miles, gets eaten by cat
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 ...
Watch: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge fights sea level rise
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 ...
Toxic algal bloom cause mixed reactions in birds, reptiles
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 ...