When survival is a stretch: How animals are adapting to climate change - Hindustan Times


6/4/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Vanessa Viegas

As temperatures rise, hurricanes get fiercer and the seasons start to blur, animals are going to extreme lengths to cope. Some have longer beaks, wider toepads. Others have smaller sizes, changed diets, new postures. Evolution is hitting overdrive, but it mig…

We often think of evolution as a slow process. Sea creatures taking their first steps on land millions of years ago. Ancient humans standing up straighter over thousands of years, edging past primate… [+10964 chars]

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