Tag: natural history

April 1, 2022

Birds shift egg-laying time with climate

Some birds in Chicago are laying eggs as much as 25 days earlier than they did about a century ago. Researchers say that’s because as the climate warms, vegetation and...

November 1, 2021

TWS2021: Filling in data gaps for a cryptic but common species

For a relatively common species, researchers don’t know much about the natural history of western spotted skunks in the Pacific Northwest. What landscapes do they prefer? What prey species do...