As people increasingly encroach on animal habitats, more wild creatures are taking refuge in the night.
Led by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Boise State University, the study found that human activity is driving scores of mammals to shift their activity from the day into the dark hours of the night. With many species already pushed to the geographical margins of their local habitats, the animals are attempting to avoid interaction with humans by “separating themselves in time rather than in space,” the study authors write. (Here’s how some wild animals are hacking life in cities.)
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