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Pikas are adapting to climate change remarkably well, contrary to many predictions

  • Written by Andrew Smith, Professor Emeritus of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
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Climate change is harming many special places and iconic species around our planet, from Glacier National Park’s disappearing glaciers to California redwoods scorched by wildfires. But for the animal I study, the American pika (Ochotona princeps), there’s actually some...

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