Costa Rica Content / Costa Rica Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Deforestation and Climate Change Threaten the Most Beloved Wild Birds /news/deforestation-and-climate-change-threaten-the-most-beloved-wild-birds <p>Deforestation and a drying climate threaten the bird species that people value most, according to a recent study led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and the University of British Columbia.</p> October 07, 2020 - 9:00am Katherine E Kerlin /news/deforestation-and-climate-change-threaten-the-most-beloved-wild-birds Climate Change and Habitat Conversion Combine to Homogenize Nature /news/climate-change-and-habitat-conversion-combine-homogenize-nature <p>Climate change and habitat conversion to agriculture are working together to homogenize nature, indicates a study in the journal <em>Global Change Biology</em> led by the University of California, Davis.</p> <p>In other words, the more things change, the more they are the same.</p> <p>While the individual impacts of <a href="http://climatechange.ucdavis.edu/news/climate-change-habitat-conversion-homogenize-nature/">climate change</a> and habitat conversion on wildlife are well-recognized, little is known about how species respond to both stressors at once.</p> August 18, 2017 - 3:51pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/climate-change-and-habitat-conversion-combine-homogenize-nature The Download: High-Wheel Adventure, Basketball in Costa Rica /news/high-wheel-adventure-brewfest-dateline-download <p>Amy Oleynik, a program coordinator for student orientation, is on a summer adventure with her dad, Randy: They are biking across the country on high-wheels. This photo is from the online news organization <a href="http://carsonnow.org/reader-content/08/17/2016/high-wheel-adventure-comes-carson-city">Carson Now, which caught up with the Oleyniks in Carson City, Nevada, on Aug. 17</a>. They began their journey five days earlier by dipping the rear wheels of their bikes in the Pacific Ocean at San Francisco.</p> August 23, 2016 - 10:00am Cody Kitaura /news/high-wheel-adventure-brewfest-dateline-download