Sustained extreme heat can damage, weaken and kill all living things, from wheat crops to koalas and fruit bats.
- Professor in Ecophysiology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Melbourne
Few animals have babies without sex, so biologists assumed asexual reproduction must have evolutionary drawbacks. But a self-cloning Australian grasshopper shows things might be more complicated.
Computer modelling can help predict where a species will best survive, especially those affected by climate change.
Keeping cool during summer can be difficult, but new research published in Biology Letters shows that koalas cope with high temperatures in an unusual way – by hugging trees. Researchers used thermal imaging…
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