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The forest bumblebee (Bombus sylvicola) is one of two bumblebee species in the central Rocky Mountains that has responded to a decline in flowering in alpine habitats by evolving a shorter tongue. Image credit: Nicole Miller-Struttman.

Study: Global Warming Shrinking Tongues of Alpine Bumblebees

Sep 25, 2015 by News Staff

A new study in the journal Science shows that two alpine bumblebee species have responded to a decline in flowering due to warming temperatures by evolving...