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Birds shift egg-laying time with climate

April 1, 2022

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 insects may be emerging earlier, …

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

November 1, 2021

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 they eat? Researchers are presenting …