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Wild populations of animals have crashed by 60 per cent

31 October 2018

The world's wild vertebrate species have seen population decline drastically since 1970, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature

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Huddling for warmth gives animals a more efficient gut microbiome

28 October 2018

When animals huddle together in the cold their gut bacteria change in a way that slows down the animals’ metabolisms and helps them preserve energy

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