Results for keyword: biologists
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Can snowshoe hares outrace climate change?
The seasonal coat changes of snowshoe hares may provide wildlife biologists with clues about how wild animals evolve in response to climate change.
by Hillary Rosner, Feb 12, 2012 -
John Mionczynski: naturalist, accordionist, and Bigfoot expert
In rural Wyoming, naturalist John Mionczynski plays piano, restores motorcycles, studies wildlife and tracks down evidence for the mysterious creature known as Sasquatch.
by Emilene Ostlind, Feb 08, 2012 -
Can animals evolve quickly enough to survive global warming?
What can rapid evolution in response to climate change teach us about managing nature?
by Michelle Nijhuis , Feb 05, 2012 -
Calling all science nerds
Across the country, "citizen scientist" volunteers help professional researchers by gathering data on wildlife species, from moose to hummingbirds.
by Jodi Peterson, Sep 04, 2011 -
Invasion of the feral pigs
Feral pigs are invading New Mexico and other Western states, but biologists are working hard to stop them.
by Cally Carswell, Aug 24, 2011 -
Collateral damage
T.C. Boyle's new novel, When the Killing's Done, examines the awkward way humans interact with nature and with one another.
by Michael Engelhard , Feb 20, 2011 -
The birds and the bee(tle)s
A controversial tamarisk control program is shut down over worries that it threatens rare southwestern willow flycatchers.
by Rachel Zurer, Oct 13, 2010 -
When doing the right thing gets complicated
Do we have the right to kill invasive barred owls and their hybrid offspring, even if it will save endangered spotted owls?
by Carla A. Wise, Jan 05, 2010 -
How wild is a managed wolf?
In an age when wolves are radio-collared and tracked everywhere they go, can they still be considered wild animals?
by George Sibley, Nov 17, 2009 -
Throwing raptors into flight
Rob Domenech bands eagles, studies hawks and also works with at-risk kids
by Becky Lomax, Jul 23, 2007
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