wild animals

Because we are no longer afraid of the obvious threat of wild animals coming to eat us, our fears are more flexible, shaped into whatever threats are most popular in our social media bubbles.

Lucore said the researchers don't know yet whether this has long-term impacts for health in wild animals.

"The fact that a graduate student like me can go out there and collect rather short-term data and find strong evidence that temperatures are affecting the physiology of wild animals -- I think that's a pretty important thing to keep in mind."

Providing a place for people to hit the slopes is a “good use” of the land, Seastrand said, though the benefit of gliding down powder needs to be balanced with visitor safety, as well as protecting plants and wild animals.

Scientists have found a trigger for social learning in wild animals.