It’s a four-hour drive from Toni Lyn Morelli’s home near Amherst, Massachusetts, to her field sites on the slopes of the White Mountains in New Hampshire. She rises long before dawn to make that drive ...

Michigan State University researchers say North America plays a pivotal role in worldwide conservation efforts. But, more needs to be done to preserve critical areas and limit global warming. The team ...

New research categorizing certain landscapes as “disturbance refugia” shines a light on an important ecological concept. These areas have also been called “lifeboats” or “slow lanes” because of the ...

Results of a new study led by Toni Lyn Morelli, a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Northeast Climate Science Center based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, ...

Calvin English professor Debra Rienstra is also a published author, writing for the Christian publishing sphere. Her latest book, Refugia Faith: Seeking Hidden Shelters, Ordinary Wonders, and the ...

It’s impossible to understand forced and other forms of migration without understanding the broader social, economic and political processes within which they occur (Reuters) As the so-called “refugee ...

Researchers from the University of Exeter are surveying Dartmoor to identity places that shelter wildlife from climate change. Known as 'refugia', these areas could offer a home to wildlife forced to ...

As a polar vortex hit Florida last weekend, a wildlife emergency unfolded in western Martin County. In the deep, dark, cold waters of the C-44 Canal, about 30 manatees got trapped between Lake ...