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August 16, 2018

Native Americans used fire to hunt bison

Looking back 1,000 years, researchers have found that Native Americans used fire to help them hunt bison (Bison bison), a fact they say can provide insight into fire management today....

September 21, 2017

Researchers find decades of climate change chased pikas to their demise

As mountaintop dwellers, American pikas (Ochotona princeps) are particularly susceptible to climate change, but recent research suggests a population in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains were driven to extirpation from the...