A Knot on Its Arctic Nest (IMAGE) NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research Caption Red knots used to incubate their eggs in the Arctic snow in order to optimally time the hatch date of their chicks relative to the insect food peak. Nowadays, red knots have a hard time keeping pace with the rapidly advancing onset of Arctic summer Credit © Jan van de Kam Usage Restrictions Picture may not be used for any other purposes than as illustration to this press release License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.