Research indicates that gray squirrels can outcompete red squirrels and the reason why they have pushed the red squirrel out of large parts of England is because they have better gut bacteria. It sounds improbable but gray squirrel gut bacteria suggests that they can digest …
You know that the world’s species – animals and humans – have been created on the back of the survival of the fittest as per Charles Darwin (unless you are one of the world’s creationists in which case, I feel sorry for you). Well, in …
Perhaps this is something we already realise and if that is the case this study confirms it. Mammals in groups live the longest. The study found a link between the social organisation of mammals and their life spans. This is a Chinese study by researchers …
