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Wildfires. Many see them as purely destructive forces, disasters that blaze through a landscape, charring everything in their paths. 

Many families have youngsters who squabble, but for Canada jays, the fighting is intense and eventually leads to exile for the weaker siblings, with the right to stay on home territory going to the victorious “family bully.” 

Plant species may only need to move short distances to track their preferred habitats as the climate changes, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change.

Life in the ocean’s “twilight zone” could decline dramatically due to climate change, new research suggests.

Thanks to years of campaigning by wildlife conservation groups, it’s widely known that Africa’s elephants and rhinos are threatened by the trade in their valuable tusks and horns.