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Climate change is actively reshaping landscapes, altering animal behavior, and changing the structure of hunting seasons.

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Ocean seafloor communities show surprising resilience to simulated heatwaves. While species numbers changed, the variety of ...

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As climate change forces fish to migrate to cooler waters, culture and jobs are being left behind in their wake.

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An Australian study has shed light on a pest you’ve probably hosted at some point – and it has unearthed a new theory about ...

When observing small worms under a microscope, one might observe something very surprising: the worms appear to make a ...