NATURE & ENVIRONMENT

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  Shrews shrink in winter to conserve energy, study finds

  Newly published research from UNC Greensboro biology professor Dr. Bryan McLean and colleagues shows that the masked shrew, a small, [...]

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  To avoid parasites, some fruit flies sacrifice sleep

  If you think doomscrolling leads to sleepless nights, imagine waking up in bed with a blood-sucking monster the size of [...]

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  Why ‘de-extinct’ dire wolves are a Trojan horse to hide humanity’s destruction of nature

  With wildlife populations globally 73% smaller on average than in 1970 and large mammals missing from much of the world, [...]