Wildlife

Recipe for a pandemic: climate change pushes wildlife closer to humans

In 10 seconds? Climate change could force wild animals to relocate from their current habitats, into areas with high human populations. This could dramatically increase the risk of a virus jumping from its animal host to humans wh...

25 days earlier: global warming makes birds nest sooner

In 10 seconds? A century-old collection of birds’ eggs has helped scientists determine that birds are nesting earlier than they used to a hundred years ago. The reason? Climate change. What’s the breakthrough? Researchers have fo...