Tag: Climate Change

In one of the fastest, most well-documented instances of adaptation, lizards in the southeastern United States developed a tolerance to lower temperatures in response to a recent severe winter. “Extreme...

To test how accurately biologists can predict a species’ risk of extinction under climate change, a team of researchers traveled back in time. They took current methods used to assess...

In the face of climate change, animals have a few options for how they can react — they can move to a new area, adapt, acclimate or die. In a...

Higher than normal sea surface temperatures may compromise California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) pups’ immune systems, according to new research. During a sea surface temperature anomaly during 2014 and 2015...

A paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences warns that dramatic population declines of thousands of species may be imminent. The study found about 30 percent of...

Heat intensifying due to climate change could eventually prevent sea turtle eggs from hatching, decimating their already threatened populations, according to recent research from the Cape Verde islands off the...

On Jun. 26, TWS joined 45 other organizations and scientists in sending a letter  to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies stressing the need...

Climate change may mean wildlifers will have to be more careful about protecting themselves from Lyme disease when they’re out in the field. An article in the Washington Post suggests...

As temperatures get warmer and more variable with climate change, male plovers are taking on more of the incubation duties, a new international study demonstrates. “Climate influences parental cooperation,” said...

Beavers (Castor canadensis) have started to move further north in Canada due to changing climate conditions. The beaver is a national symbol of Canada, but the species is not native...