Global warming causes sheep to shrink

by admin on July 2, 2009

Climate change is shrinking Scotland’s wild Soay sheep despite the evolutionary advantages of having a large body, report researchers writing in the journal iScience/i. The results suggest that the decrease is primarily an ecological response to environmental variation over the last 25 years, rather than evolutionary change.

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Global warming causes sheep to shrink

by admin on July 2, 2009

Climate change is shrinking Scotland’s wild Soay sheep despite the evolutionary advantages of having a large body, report researchers writing in the journal iScience/i. The results suggest that the decrease is primarily an ecological response to environmental variation over the last 25 years, rather than evolutionary change.

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Birds found to be key protectors of forest in Tanzania

July 2, 2009

Seed-eating birds play a critical role in maintaining forests in the Serengeti by keeping seed-killing beetles in check, report researchers writing in the journal iScience/i. The finding is another example of ecological interdependency between species.
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Birds found to be key protectors of forest in Tanzania

July 2, 2009

Seed-eating birds play a critical role in maintaining forests in the Serengeti by keeping seed-killing beetles in check, report researchers writing in the journal iScience/i. The finding is another example of ecological interdependency between species.
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869 species extinct, 17,000 threatened with extinction

July 2, 2009

table align=lefttrtdimg src=http://photos.mongabay.com/09/iucn-birds150.jpg align=left//td/tr/tableNearly 17,000 plant and animal species are known to be threatened with extinction, while more than 800 have disappeared over the past 500 years, reports the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). While these numbers are substantial, they are likely gross underestimates since only 2.7 percent of 1.8 million described [...]

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869 species extinct, 17,000 threatened with extinction

July 2, 2009

table align=lefttrtdimg src=http://photos.mongabay.com/09/iucn-birds150.jpg align=left//td/tr/tableNearly 17,000 plant and animal species are known to be threatened with extinction, while more than 800 have disappeared over the past 500 years, reports the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). While these numbers are substantial, they are likely gross underestimates since only 2.7 percent of 1.8 million described [...]

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Lizard may be on loose after break-in (The Brantford Expositor)

June 29, 2009

A two-foot-long brown lizard is missing following a Sunday afternoon break-and-enter to a Fifth Avenue apartment. Cash and a gaming system were taken from the second-floor apartment, but police weren’t sure if the lizard had escaped or had been stolen.[...]
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Leesburg Animal Park Welcomes Back Tortoise Pair (Leesburg Today)

June 29, 2009

The Leesburg Animal Park has welcomed back Giant Aldabra Tortoises Jade and Jethro for a summer-long stay. The two have recently arrived from their winter home in Florida and will be on hand to meet visitors to the park.
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Uganda: Tsetse Flies Lured By Lizard Scent (AllAfrica.com)

June 29, 2009

Nairobi — A tsetse fly that transmits sleeping sickness has a penchant for lizard and pig odour – a preference that could be used to produce traps to control fly populations.
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Baby animals born at Turtle Back Zoo (The Progress)

June 29, 2009

Essex County Turtle Back Zoo, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange, has announced the birth of three Jackson chameleons, 11 prairie dogs and three Bennett’s wallabies.
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