How, not if, climate change affects cold blooded animals

Monday, February 1, 2016 - 08:10 in Biology & Nature

Cold-blooded animals like lizards, insects, and fish have a preferred body temperature range at which they hunt, eat, move quickly, and reproduce. Fear that a warming climate will constrict this temperature range underlies recent studies that warn of the detrimental effects of climate change on the activity and survival of cold-blooded animals. While not contradicting […]

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