Tag: temperature

As the climate changes, researchers often focus on how temperature may affect a species’ ability to survive. But survival isn’t the only concern. Changing temperatures could affect species’ ability to...

Conservationists coping with the spread of the deadly white-nose syndrome are finding innovative solutions by thinking inside the box. Wooden bat boxes work as artificial roosts for bats in areas...

The fungus that causes white-nose syndrome thrives in warmer areas — the same temperatures that little brown bats prefer to hibernate in. That can create an “ecological trap” for the...

As bison take in more and more heat as a result of climate change, their bodies are becoming smaller and smaller, since they’re putting their energy toward keeping cool rather...

When Kristin Winchell was sampling Puerto Rican crested anoles(Anolis cristatellus), she began noticing lizards’ body temperatures were elevated amid the heat-trapping concrete and asphalt of urban areas. “But we didn’t really...

When monarch butterflies overwinter in central Mexico and along the California coast, they spend much of the time dormant to help with their winter survival before reproduction. Researchers recently found...

When Jeff Martin was growing up on a bison (Bison bison) ranch, he noticed the bison surrounding him were much smaller than the ones he saw in ice age dioramas...

In just one nest, loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nestlings tend to have multiple fathers, according to new research. This is good news, researchers say, since loggerhead sex is dependent...

As the global climate warms, sea turtle clutches from Australia to the United States are becoming increasingly female, raising concerns about the propagation and persistence of these imperiled species. But...

Since the late 1990s, an increasing number of waterfowl have been dropping and drowning in the Great Lakes due to more frequent botulism outbreaks. Biologists recently found evidence that warming...