Tag: Climate Change

The last snail belonging to the species Achatinella apexfulva in Hawaii died New Year’s Day at 14 years old, according to researchers with the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources....

Northern Wisconsin is home to a dozen terrestrial carnivores, from gray wolves (Canis lupus) to red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), but the populations on the Apostle Islands stretching from the Bayfield...

Changing wind patterns due to climate change could bring mixed results for migrating birds. Under future climate scenarios, researchers found, North American birds may find it harder to migrate southward...

Wild house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) are changing the timing of their breeding season due to changes in climate, according to recent research. Researchers already knew that many birds were breeding...

As warming temperatures alter their sex, as much as 93 percent of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings could be female by 2100, according to a recent study. Currently about...

The most recent National Climate Assessment was released last week. This second volume, “Impacts, Risks and Adaptation in the United States,” follows the report on climate change science released last...

New research explores the possibilities of a single species’ extinction triggering an “extinction domino effect.” Writing in Scientific Reports, researchers warn of extreme environmental change causing extinctions of plants and...

Warmer winters are imperiling New England moose as winter tick numbers swell, resulting in an unprecedented die-off of moose calves. In a study led by TWS member Peter Pekins, researchers...

It’s late fall in the high mountains of western North America and the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) forests are alive with activity. Birds and mammals are feasting on the pine’s...

Researchers know that frogs, toads and salamanders have been facing steep declines in recent decades, but is climate change the main driver? Putting together data from across North America, including...