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Maggie Hantak

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Climate Change

Cities are making mammals bigger

August 16, 2021

A new study shows urbanization is causing many mammal species to grow bigger, possibly because of readily available food in…Read More

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Climate Change

Mice are shrinking, but are climate change and cities to blame?

June 1, 2020

According to a well-studied but controversial principle known as Bergmann’s Rule, species tend to be larger in cold climates and…Read More

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