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Wildlife Reacts to Human Presence | Science News
Wildlife doesn’t just avoid cities and roads — it reacts to us being there. A groundbreaking study combining GPS data from 4,500+ animals with anonymized cellphone locations revealed that human presence alone reshapes animal behavior. Lockdowns during COVID-19 gave scientists a rare natural experiment: comparing animal movements in 2019 vs. 2020 when human activity dropped. The results? Over half the species studied altered their behavior based on human proximity — some expanded, some shrank their ranges. Wolves moved farther away, deer pulled in, cranes spread out. This means conservation…
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