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Climate change may be making deer evolve to give birth earlier in the year, scientists discover

Climate change may be making deer evolve to give birth earlier in the year, scientists discover

Researchers say their findings represent some of the first evidence that evolutionary changes are affecting the time of year that wild animals give birth.
Climate change could lead to more conflict between species as they adapt and move, increasing extinctions
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Climate change could lead to more conflict between species as they adapt and move, increasing extinctions

For animal species to survive climate change, they will have to genetically adapt or shift their ranges - or both.

Climate change outruns evolution, studies find
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Climate change outruns evolution, studies find

Most vertebrates would need to evolve 10,000 times faster than their normal rates to survive climate change over the next century.
Wildflowers combat climate change with diversity
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Wildflowers combat climate change with diversity

How does genetic variation persist in the face of natural selection?

After Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Caribbean lizards have a better grip
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After Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Caribbean lizards have a better grip

A stunning case of natural selection in action.

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