ecology /tags/ecology ecology en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years – an ecologist explains why /environment/2025-10-15/flamingos-are-making-a-home-in-florida-again-after-100-years-an-ecologist-explains-why Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance, or flock, of 300-400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba off course in August 2023 and unceremoniously deposited the birds across a wide swath of the eastern United States, from Florida’s Gulf Coast all the way up to Wisconsin and east to Pennsylvania. Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT /environment/2025-10-15/flamingos-are-making-a-home-in-florida-again-after-100-years-an-ecologist-explains-why Jerome Lorenz | The Conversation Colder Climates Meant Bigger Bodies For Ancient Humans /news/2021-07-09/colder-climates-meant-bigger-bodies-for-ancient-humans Human ancestors got steadily larger over the last 1 million years. Our relatives living in colder places developed bigger bodies, a new study finds. Fri, 09 Jul 2021 11:13:16 GMT /news/2021-07-09/colder-climates-meant-bigger-bodies-for-ancient-humans Rebecca Hersher