The Common Loon, an icon of the northern wilderness, is under threat from climate change due to reduced water clarity, according to a new study authored by Chapman University professor, Walter Piper. The study, published ...
Ecology
Apr 6, 2024
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Tree swallows use behavioral and physiological mechanisms to handle rising temperatures, and their story is an optimistic example of how some species successfully respond to climate change, at least for now.
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2024
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Deteriorating habitat conditions caused by climate change are wreaking havoc with the timing of bird migration. A new study demonstrates that birds can partially compensate for these changes by delaying the start of spring ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2023
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In years when winter conditions are especially harsh, birds that depend on conifer seeds for food are sometimes forced to leave their homes in northern forests and wander far from their normal ranges to find enough to eat. ...
Ecology
Apr 15, 2019
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Common cuckoos and oriental cuckoos in eastern Russia appear to be expanding their breeding range into western Alaska, where songbirds are naive to the cuckoos' wily ways, researchers report. A new study suggests the North ...
Ecology
May 7, 2018
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Understanding and managing migratory animal populations requires knowing what's going on with them during all stages of their annual cycle—and how those stages affect each other. The annual cycle can be especially difficult ...
Ecology
Apr 5, 2017
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When I am asked by friends what I do for living, I tend to raise eyebrows because my job is somewhat odd to many city people. That's because I'm a poultry nutritionist.
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2016
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The distribution of birds in the United States today will probably look very different in 60 years as a result of climate, land use and land cover changes.
Ecology
Nov 6, 2014
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Despite harsh weather conditions early in the breeding season, the bald eagle population along the James River continued to push forward in 2014.
Plants & Animals
Sep 9, 2014
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A first-ever global census of Adélie penguins shows that the population is 3.79 million breeding pairs or 53 percent larger than previously estimated. Adélie penguins have long been considered a key indicator species to ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 9, 2014
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