Species on the Move

As the climate heats up, African Elephants' long generation time and need for fresh water puts them at risk.

Maine's lobster industry is booming, for now. The same climate shifts that drove the delicacy into Maine could soon push it into Canada.

Asian elephants once roamed across much of Asia. Already their habitat has shrunk, and it's about to get worse.

This once-common songbird is expected to lose its entire summer range by 2080.

Bald Eagles have survived DDT and a public shaming by Benjamin Franklin. But climate change? That could be trouble.

By 2050, the bats of the Brazilian Cerrado will have to move 175 miles to find a suitable home. But can they?

Warmer temperatures and shorter winters mean more blacklegged ticks and more Lyme disease. Ticks love climate change.

Like the name suggests, the Burrowing Owl likes to burrow. Its range is rapidly changing—will the owl change too?

Researchers recently found Caspian terns 1,000 miles north of where they're expected to be. Major moves are just beginning.

This icon of the North could lose much of its breeding range as a result of climate change.

Whip! Poor! Will! The distinctive cries of the eastern whip-poor-will are already gone in some areas.

The Greater Sage-Grouse, which relies on its habitat in the western desert, could be in serious trouble.

Jellyfish are the rare species that like climate change. That's bad news for the rest of us.

With climate change, the already vulnerable lemurs of Madagascar will see their ranges shrink—or disappear.

Monarch butterflies can migrate 3,000 miles, but they can't escape climate change.

The habitat of the critically endangered mountain gorilla is already small. Climate change is shrinking it further.

The Osprey bounced back after pesticides left it seriously endangered. Can the species also survive climate change?

The ocean's tiniest organisms are experiencing major changes—with the potential for major consequences.

On land we have trees. In the ocean, there is seaweed. And these diverse, crucial species are in trouble.

Climate change is pushing humans into snow leopard territory, threatening the already-endangered species.

The tropical Threadfin Butterflyfish might be finding a new home as temperatures off the southeast coast of Australia become more welcoming.

The Tundra Swan makes its summer home in the North American Arctic, where climate change is disproportionately felt.

Within 65 years, climate change could claim 80 percent of the Yellow-Billed Magpie's summer range—and all of its winter range.