Critters evolve rapidly to cope with environmental change

Monday, April 8, 2013 - 21:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Critters can evolve over just a handful of generations to survive whatever environmental maladies humans toss their way, from climate change to over fishing, suggests a new study. "That is the first take-home message, and it is a positive message," Thomas Cameron, a biologist at Umea University in Sweden, told NBC News as he explained his new findings reported Tuesday in the journal Ecology Letter...

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