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Climate Change is Having a Big Impact on Small Mammals

Climate change has arrived. The years of waiting and watching for the changes we were told to expect are over. We have seen drought, sea level rise, and melting glaciers. … Read more

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Wildlife’s Summer Vacation Photos

Did you ever write an essay on what you did over summer vacation for class? Or send a post card from your summer trip talking about stuff you did and … Read more

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Photo of the Day: Mountaintop Marmots

Olympic marmots at the summit of Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park   Photo by Flickr member Cherished Light Photography | Rajan Desai See more of Cherished Light Photography’s photos … Read more

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A Pika Running Over my Foot, Misguided Frog Mating, and Other Lurid Tales from a Hike in Yosemite

“Bully!” as Teddy Roosevelt would have exclaimed, seems the most appropriate way to describe my perfect day hiking in Yosemite National Park last week. I wandered for an afternoon in … Read more

Computer Software to Help Save Endangered Animals

A guest post by Mahesh Basantani, a research scholar in Botany who also writes for Inabitat, a green design blog. Species extinction is a natural phenomenon with one to five … Read more