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A plateau pika (*Ochotona curzoniae*) emerges from its burrow. John Holmes/Alamy Stock Photo

October 4, 2021

Creature that inspired Pikachu is being blamed for an ecological crisis – but it may be innocent

Li Li, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

The electric Pokemon’s real-life muse is charged with degrading the vast meadows of the Tibetan Plateau.

Stocking the haypile. Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

January 7, 2021

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

Andrew Smith, Arizona State University

Pikas – small cousins of rabbits – live mainly in the mountainous US west. They’ve been called a climate change poster species, but they’re more adaptable than many people think.

You can’t hide from global warming, Mr Wabbit. Ingrid Taylar

April 16, 2015

Climate change threatens more than two-thirds of rabbit species

Katie Leach, Queen's University Belfast

Rabbits and hares will flee towards the poles as global warming changes the places they once called home.

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Katie Leach
PhD student in Ecology, Queen's University Belfast
Andrew Smith
Professor Emeritus of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
Li Li
Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

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