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The ice that once saved bowhead whales is vanishing beneath them
Populations of bowhead whales were able to hide from hunters under ice, a new study finds, saving them from extinction. But now, climate change is making that refuge disappear.
Warming waters are supercharging an invasive salmon predator in Alaska
Rising temperatures in a Southcentral Alaska river are driving a noticeable change in the behavior of invasive northern pike. As the water warms, these predators are eating more, raising concerns about the future of native fish such as salmon.
Great White Sharks Are Overheating
“The most acute, urgent crisis these animals face is from overfishing, and particularly now from bycatch.”
Fires, floods and extreme weather will imperil a third of all life on land in the next 60 years, according to apocalyptic study
By 2085, over 36% of terrestrial animal habitats could be affected by extreme weather events like fire and flooding if temps continue to rise worldwide, scientists found.
Less Salmon, More Oysters: Aquaculture Could Reduce its Climate Impact by Embracing Bivalves and Seaweed
Aquaculture is often framed as a vital solution to food security by expanding the supply of seafood for a growing population. But new research from the University of British Columbia suggests the industry may be heading in the wrong direction.
Why do gray whales keep dying in San Francisco's waters?
Climate change and shifting migration patterns are bringing rare research opportunities and new mysteries.
An endangered mouse may need a helping hand to adapt to climate change
Pacific pocket mice are geographically isolated, but the species may retain the genetic diversity needed to adapt to climate change.
Nearly 1 in 5 gray whales die after entering the San Francisco Bay
Climate change could be forcing gray whales to seek food in San Francisco Bay, where vessel strikes may be driving rising deaths.
Gray whales are entering San Francisco Bay and many aren’t surviving
Gray whales are beginning to break their long-established migration patterns, venturing into risky new territory like San Francisco Bay as climate change disrupts their Arctic food supply. But this unexpected detour is proving deadly: nearly one in five whales that enter the Bay don’t survive, with many struck by ships in the crowded, foggy waters.
Beavers are turning rivers into powerful carbon sinks
Beavers may play an unexpected role in tackling climate change by transforming rivers into effective carbon dioxide sinks, according to a new international study led by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
Extreme weather is hitting baby birds hard in a 60-year study
Decades of data from over 80,000 great tits reveal that extreme weather can shape the fate of baby birds. Cold snaps soon after hatching and heavy rain later in development shrink nestling body mass and reduce survival odds.
Half of Amazon insects could face dangerous heat stress
A sweeping new study of more than 2,000 insect species reveals a troubling reality: many insects may be far less capable of coping with rising temperatures than scientists once hoped.
Australian wildlife in ‘harm’s way’ with volunteers left to ‘pick up the pieces’ amid climate crisis, fires and floods
Labor is being pushed to introduce tough new national rules for protecting threatened species exposed to disasters including bushfires and floods, with the former Treasury boss Ken Henry among advocates warning that risks to wildlife could reach a point of no return.
Climate change could threaten monarch mass migration
Suitable milkweed habitat in Mexico may shift south, fracturing existing migration routes and possibly pushing some butterflies to stay put.
Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds
Chronic ocean heating is fuelling a “staggering and deeply concerning” loss of marine life, a study has found , with fish levels falling by 7.2% from as little as 0.1C of warming per decade.
As animals freeze and starve in extreme cold, a Long Island nature center works around the clock to save them
New York wildlife volunteers say cries for help are pouring in about animals struggling in the record cold and persistent snow this winter.
Iguanas are falling out of trees in Florida. But here's why you shouldn't try to 'save' them.
The odds of a frozen 10-pound reptile crash-landing on its head in front of you is unlikely, but this time of year in Florida, the chance may be higher than you think. Green iguanas are not native to Florida but were introduced to the Sunshine State in the 1960s.
These polar bears are getting fatter as sea ice melts. What's going on?
The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway.
Horse abuse warning as hay prices double
A summer 2025 drought, brought on by extreme weather, is pushing hay prices up.
There’s life beneath the snow, but it’s at risk of melting away
An array of animals and plants survive winter in the subnivium, nature’s igloo. But climate change is threatening this hidden seasonal ecosystem.
Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer
Thousands of flying foxes have perished in the heatwave that scorched south-east Australia last week, the largest mass mortality event for flying foxes since black summer. Extreme temperatures resulted in deaths in camps across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.
‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows
The world’s oceans absorbed colossal amounts of heat in 2025, setting yet another new record and fuelling more extreme weather, scientists have reported. More than 90% of the heat trapped by humanity’s carbon pollution is taken up by the oceans.
How are California's birds faring amid ever more frequent wildfires?
In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, thriving on the flames that flicker through California’s coniferous forests every few years.
Is chorus of winter birdsong a herald of spring – or warning of climate crisis?
December is not noted for birdsong in the UK, as most species are more concerned with finding food during the short hours of daylight than preparing for the breeding season to come. Yet during spells of unseasonably mild winter weather some will practice their sweet refrains.
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found. More than 95% of the African penguins in two of the most important breeding colonies, on Dassen Island and Robben Island, died between 2004 and 2012.
The ice that once saved bowhead whales is vanishing beneath them
Populations of bowhead whales were able to hide from hunters under ice, a new study finds, saving them from extinction. But now, climate change is making that refuge disappear.
Warming waters are supercharging an invasive salmon predator in Alaska
Rising temperatures in a Southcentral Alaska river are driving a noticeable change in the behavior of invasive northern pike. As the water warms, these predators are eating more, raising concerns about the future of native fish such as salmon.
Great White Sharks Are Overheating
“The most acute, urgent crisis these animals face is from overfishing, and particularly now from bycatch.”
Fires, floods and extreme weather will imperil a third of all life on land in the next 60 years, according to apocalyptic study
By 2085, over 36% of terrestrial animal habitats could be affected by extreme weather events like fire and flooding if temps continue to rise worldwide, scientists found.
Less Salmon, More Oysters: Aquaculture Could Reduce its Climate Impact by Embracing Bivalves and Seaweed
Aquaculture is often framed as a vital solution to food security by expanding the supply of seafood for a growing population. But new research from the University of British Columbia suggests the industry may be heading in the wrong direction.
Why do gray whales keep dying in San Francisco's waters?
Climate change and shifting migration patterns are bringing rare research opportunities and new mysteries.
An endangered mouse may need a helping hand to adapt to climate change
Pacific pocket mice are geographically isolated, but the species may retain the genetic diversity needed to adapt to climate change.
Nearly 1 in 5 gray whales die after entering the San Francisco Bay
Climate change could be forcing gray whales to seek food in San Francisco Bay, where vessel strikes may be driving rising deaths.
Gray whales are entering San Francisco Bay and many aren’t surviving
Gray whales are beginning to break their long-established migration patterns, venturing into risky new territory like San Francisco Bay as climate change disrupts their Arctic food supply. But this unexpected detour is proving deadly: nearly one in five whales that enter the Bay don’t survive, with many struck by ships in the crowded, foggy waters.
Beavers are turning rivers into powerful carbon sinks
Beavers may play an unexpected role in tackling climate change by transforming rivers into effective carbon dioxide sinks, according to a new international study led by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
Extreme weather is hitting baby birds hard in a 60-year study
Decades of data from over 80,000 great tits reveal that extreme weather can shape the fate of baby birds. Cold snaps soon after hatching and heavy rain later in development shrink nestling body mass and reduce survival odds.
Half of Amazon insects could face dangerous heat stress
A sweeping new study of more than 2,000 insect species reveals a troubling reality: many insects may be far less capable of coping with rising temperatures than scientists once hoped.
Australian wildlife in ‘harm’s way’ with volunteers left to ‘pick up the pieces’ amid climate crisis, fires and floods
Labor is being pushed to introduce tough new national rules for protecting threatened species exposed to disasters including bushfires and floods, with the former Treasury boss Ken Henry among advocates warning that risks to wildlife could reach a point of no return.
Climate change could threaten monarch mass migration
Suitable milkweed habitat in Mexico may shift south, fracturing existing migration routes and possibly pushing some butterflies to stay put.
Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds
Chronic ocean heating is fuelling a “staggering and deeply concerning” loss of marine life, a study has found , with fish levels falling by 7.2% from as little as 0.1C of warming per decade.
As animals freeze and starve in extreme cold, a Long Island nature center works around the clock to save them
New York wildlife volunteers say cries for help are pouring in about animals struggling in the record cold and persistent snow this winter.
Iguanas are falling out of trees in Florida. But here's why you shouldn't try to 'save' them.
The odds of a frozen 10-pound reptile crash-landing on its head in front of you is unlikely, but this time of year in Florida, the chance may be higher than you think. Green iguanas are not native to Florida but were introduced to the Sunshine State in the 1960s.
These polar bears are getting fatter as sea ice melts. What's going on?
The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway.
Horse abuse warning as hay prices double
A summer 2025 drought, brought on by extreme weather, is pushing hay prices up.
There’s life beneath the snow, but it’s at risk of melting away
An array of animals and plants survive winter in the subnivium, nature’s igloo. But climate change is threatening this hidden seasonal ecosystem.
Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer
Thousands of flying foxes have perished in the heatwave that scorched south-east Australia last week, the largest mass mortality event for flying foxes since black summer. Extreme temperatures resulted in deaths in camps across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.
‘Profound impacts’: record ocean heat is intensifying climate disasters, data shows
The world’s oceans absorbed colossal amounts of heat in 2025, setting yet another new record and fuelling more extreme weather, scientists have reported. More than 90% of the heat trapped by humanity’s carbon pollution is taken up by the oceans.
How are California's birds faring amid ever more frequent wildfires?
In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, thriving on the flames that flicker through California’s coniferous forests every few years.
Is chorus of winter birdsong a herald of spring – or warning of climate crisis?
December is not noted for birdsong in the UK, as most species are more concerned with finding food during the short hours of daylight than preparing for the breeding season to come. Yet during spells of unseasonably mild winter weather some will practice their sweet refrains.
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found. More than 95% of the African penguins in two of the most important breeding colonies, on Dassen Island and Robben Island, died between 2004 and 2012.
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