JWM: Wildfire ‘a primary threat’ to sage-grouse
When wildfires scorched 1 million acres of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat in the Great Basin in 2012, it affected the survival of the ...
Great Basin
Newly discovered, Nevada toad faces uncertain future
Scientists described a new toad species in Nevada last month, an act they hope will protect the toad from a proposed power plant that they fear could destroy its ...
Ancient trees resist beetle epidemic
As the climate warms, a deadly scourge is spreading through North American pine forests: the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). But the beetles ...
Climate change wipes out pikas on isolated peaks
Pikas are a textbook climate tragedy. As temperatures rise, the fluffy, cold-loving mammals retreat higher and higher up mountain slopes, eventually perishing on ...