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Small Creatures and Climate Change: How Warming Can "Shuffle the Deck" of Creatures That Thrive

Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Union of Concerned Scientists, Climate Science, Environment, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Animals, Mammals, Pika, Global Warming, Climate Scientists, Green News
Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D.

Climate change is messing with mammals. Among other things, it is shifting their geographical ranges, changing their behavior (or, as scientists call it, their phenology), and causing disruptions up and down the food chain.

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Pika Denied Protection By U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 05.25.2011

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SALT LAKE CITY — Climate change might be wiping out some populations of the American pika, a relative of the rabbit, but not enough to warrant l...

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10 of Nature's Tiniest Animals (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Endangered Animals, Kangaroo Rat, Hedgehog, National Geographic, Weird Animals, Legless Lizard, Slidepoll, Green, Endangered Species List, Animals, Mouse Lemur, Red Eyed Tree Frog, Tiny Animals, Small-Eared Shrew, Tiny Mandarin Fish, Madagascar, Slideshow, Tanzania, Endangered Species, Togian White-Eye Bird, Kihansi Spray Toad, Pika, Cute Animal Pictures, Cute Animals, Green News

We here at HuffPost Green love to celebrate nature's diversity but this collection of creatures are united by their miniature dimensions. Flip through...

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Climate Change Threatens Pika, A Tiny US Mammal

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Endangered Animals, Endangered Species, Animals, Pika, Climate Change, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY — A tiny mammal that can't handle warm weather could become the first animal in the lower 48 states to get Endangered Species Act...

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"Boulder Bunnies" Endangered To Due Global Warming

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will consider whether to protect a rabbit-like, alpine creature known as the American pika be...

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