Articles for tag: coyote habitat, ecosystem recovery, fire ecology, wildfires and wildlife, wildlife adaptation

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Wildfires Create New Habitats for Coyotes

Suhail Ahmed

The ground is still warm, the air sharp with smoke, and yet the landscape is already changing. Charred trunks sketch black lines across a sky that suddenly feels too wide, while thread the new openness like gray commas in a sentence that’s being rewritten. Across North America’s fire-prone regions, burns are not the end of ...

Fireproof Trees That Need Flames to Grow

Fireproof Trees That Need Flames to Grow

Gargi Chakravorty

Nature constantly surprises us with ingenious adaptations that defy common sense. While most plants flee from fire or perish in its flames, some trees have evolved remarkable strategies not just to survive blazing infernos but to actively embrace them. These extraordinary plants have turned what should be their greatest threat into their most powerful ally ...