In the press
Bird numbers change with the weather (The Wildlife Society, 9/4/20)
eBird data suggests not all North American birds can beat the heat (eBird, 9/4/20)
Understanding how birds respond to extreme weather can inform conservation efforts (University of Wisconsin-Madison News, 8/20/20)
How Birds Respond to Extreme Weather (NASA Earth, also see Earthdata feature, 8/19/20)
How Climate Science Is Expanding the Scale of Ecological Research (Eos, 3/31/20)
How new data can make ecological forecasts as good as weather forecasts (University of Wisconsin-Madison News, 3/9/2020)
Bald eagle recovery hinders osprey, heron populations (The Wildlife Society, 7/2/2019)
Hawk sightings soar in Chicago — and they’re coming after the birds at your feeder (Chicago Tribune, 4/12/2019)
Cooper’s hawk has adapted to urban surroundings and flourished (StarTribune, 12/13/2018)
Woodland hawks flock to urban buffet (University of Wisconsin-Madison News, 11/6/2018)
Climate change in microcosm (Grow – Wisconsin’s Magazine for the Life Sciences, 10/17/2018)
Climate changes a bird’s life in shrinking grasslands (Fred’s Ecology and Environmental Tales, 9/21/2018)
State expands effort to track wildlife through crowdsourced trail camera images (WI State Journal, 8/11/2018)
Trail cam project Snapshot Wisconsin goes statewide (University of Wisconsin-Madison News, 8/09/2018)
Wisconsin’s Deer Caught in the Act (NASA Earth Observatory, 5/22/2018)
Wisconsin Wildlife Says Cheese (NASA Science Beta, 3/12/2018)
What modern climate means for birds’ habitat (WI Public Radio, 8/2/18)
Protecting eagles’ nests are key to conservation (NPR Science Friday, 7/06/18)
UW-Madison study finds reason behind Bald Eagle recovery (WI Public Radio, 2/13/18)
Scouting the eagles: Evidence that protecting nests aids reproduction (UW-Madison News, 1/09/18)
Snowshoe hares face a new threat: warmer winters (Yale Climate Connections, 1/09/18)
Lake Michigan waterfowl botulism deaths linked to warm waters, algae (UW-Madison News, 1/09/18)
VIDEO Our Wisconsin: The Climate Change Effect (WKOW-21 Madison, 9/15/17)
Snapshot Wisconsin project engages state residents in citizen science (ECALS-Grow Magazine, 8/21/17)
Bird populations shift north as climate changes (Yale Climate Connections, 7/3/17)
Wisconsin researchers study the world underneath the snow: BTN LiveBIG (Big Ten Network, 3/19/17)
Forest ‘islands’ offer refuge to wintering birds (UW-Madison News, 2/8/17)
Winter Woes – How Wisconsin is investigating the impacts of winter on ruffed grouse (RuffedGrouseSociety.org, 1/31/17)
Beneath the snowpack lies a secret ecosystem: the subnivium (AEON.com, 6/02/16)
NASA Satellite Data Helps Document Wisconsin Wildlife (NASA.gov, 5/17/16)
Snapshot Wisconsin: Trail cams to document state’s wildlife (University of Wisconsin-Madison News, 5/17/16)
For the Birds: A new version of the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas draws on the increasing power of citizen science (Grow, Vol. 9 (2), Sp. 2016)
Changing climate is driving snowshoe hares northwards (The Wildlife Society, 4/7/16)
Snowshoe hares moving farther north due to lack of snow (Treehugger, 3/31/16)
Climate Change Forces Snowshoe Hares Out Of Historic Range (HNGN, 3/31/16)
Climate change now bigger menace than forest loss for snowshoe hares (Science News, 3/29/16)
No snow, no hares: Climate change pushes emblematic species north (University of Wisconsin-Madison News, 3/30/16)
There’s a Secret World Under the Snow, and It’s in Trouble (Smithsonian Magazine, 1/28/15)
Peering into the secret world of life beneath winter snows (National Science Foundation Update, 01/05/15)
Climate signals boreal bird movement (Great Lakes Echo, 7/15/15)
Massive Southern Invasions by Northern Birds Linked to Climate Shifts (All About Birds Blog, 5/27/15)
How climate drives bird migration (The why files, 5/15/15)
What makes Canada’s seed-eating pine siskin take off and head for the U.S. border? (ClimateWire, 5/14/15)
Scientists Link Odd Bird Migration to Climate shifts (kuer 90.1, NPR Utah, 5/14/15)
Northern birds invade the south thanks to a shifting climate (Conservation Magazine, 5/13/15)
Massive southern invasions by northern birds related to meridian shifts (NZ Health Tec, 5/13/15)
Climate variations linked to birds heading farther south in winter: study (Global News, 5/12/15)
Massive bird invasions linked to climate shifts (Natural World News, 5/12/15)
Climate shifts blamed for massive invasion of birds from Canada’s Northern forests heading south (Tech Times, 5/11/15)
Massive southern invasions by northern birds linked to climate shifts (Science Daily, 5/11/15)
Massive southern invasions by northern birds linked to climate shifts (EurekAlert!, 5/11/15)
Massive southern invasions by northern birds linked to climate shifts (University of Utah News Center, 5/11/15)
Boom and Bust in the Boreal Forest: Climate Signals Seen in Bird Populations (USGS Newsroom, 5/11/15)
Birds Moving North (National Wildlife Federation, 1/26/15)
Strangers in Your Backyard? Thank Climate Change (Audubon magazine, 11/7/14)
Southern birds may be moving into your winter backyard (ScienceNews, 10/23/14)
UW-Madison gradaute student Chris Latimer named Conservation Scholar (Madison Audobon Society, 10/22/14)
Southern birds invade the north; expert fears ‘competitive interactions’ (ClimateWire, 10/20/14)
Warming climate restructuring bird population (The Economic Times, 10/18/14)
Winter bird feeders: Get ready for a busy season (Science, 10/17/14)
Climate change alters cast of winter birds (UW-Madison News, 10/16/14)
UW research: Global warming a welcome mat for small birds keen to winter up north (Wisconsin State Journal, 10/15/14)
New tool helps assess climate stress on vulnerable wildlife (WICCI, 3/1/14)
Hare today, gone tomorrow? (The Lakeland Times, 3/15/13)