All articles tagged with #habitat expansion
Tick populations across the U.S. are rapidly increasing and expanding into new areas due to climate change, with longer active seasons and alarming migration patterns, raising concerns about tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease. Preventative measures are crucial as these pests become more prevalent in both natural and urban settings.
Loggerhead sea turtles are nesting and laying eggs on western Mediterranean beaches in growing numbers, possibly due to climate change causing habitat expansion of the vulnerable species. Marine biologists from France, Italy, Spain, and Tunisia have discovered far more nests on the beaches of their respective countries in the past decade than in 1990-2012. The warming waters have apparently become more suitable for the turtles, and successful turtle protection programs launched globally in the past decades have also boosted the turtle population.