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  Climate Events Drive High-Arctic Vertebrate Community Into Synchrony: Extreme Weather Potent Force for Arctic Overwintering Populations

  January 17, 2013 — Climate change is known to affect the population dynamics of single species, such as reindeer or caribou, but the effect of climate at the community level has been much more difficult to document. ... > full story
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  Earliest Sea Cow Ancestors Originated in Africa, Lived in Fresh Water

  January 16, 2013 — A new fossil discovered in Tunisia represents the oldest known ancestor of modern-day sea cows, supporting the African origins of these marine ... > full story
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  Leopards and Tigers in India: New Genetics Research Underscores Importance of Protecting Forest Corridors

  January 16, 2013 — As rapid economic expansion continues to shape the Asian landscape on which many species depend, time is running out for conservationists aiming to save wildlife such as tigers and leopards. ... > full story
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  Global Warming May Have Severe Consequences for Rare Haleakalā Silversword Plants

  January 15, 2013 — While the iconic Haleakala silversword plant made a strong recovery from early 20th-century threats, it has now entered a period of substantial climate-related decline. New research warns that global ... > full story
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  Climate Change May Benefit Most Mammals That Live in Northern Europe’s Arctic and Sub-Arctic Land Areas in Short Run

  January 14, 2013 — The climate changes depicted by climatologists up to the year 2080 will benefit most mammals that live in northern Europe’s Arctic and Sub-Arctic land areas today if they are able to reach ... > full story
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  Bengali Forests Are Fading Away

  January 10, 2013 — RAPID deterioration in mangrove health is occurring in the Sundarbans, resulting in as much as 200m of coast disappearing in a single ... > full story
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  Invading Species Can Extinguish Native Plants Despite Recent Reports to the Contrary

  January 9, 2013 — Evolutionary biologists have found that, given time, invading exotic plants will likely eliminate native plants growing in the wild despite recent reports to the contrary. A new study reports that ... > full story
• Dolphins and Whales
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  Scientists Use Marine Robots to Detect Endangered Whales

  January 9, 2013 — Two robots equipped with instruments designed to "listen" for the calls of baleen whales detected nine endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of Maine last month. The robots reported the ... > full story
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  Low Extinction Rates Made California a Refuge for Diverse Plant Species

  January 9, 2013 — The remarkable diversity of California's plant life is largely the result of low extinction rates over the past 45 million years, according to a new study. Although many new species have evolved in ... > full story
• Frogs and Reptiles
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  Global Warming Beneficial to Ratsnakes

  January 8, 2013 — Speculation about how animals will respond to climate change due to global warming led researchers to conduct a study of ratsnakes at three different latitudes -- Ontario, Illinois, and Texas. His ... > full story

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