Major Lion Die Offs Linked to Climate Change
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 17:42
in Biology & Nature
Extreme droughts and downpours allowed two diseases to converge and wipe out large numbers of African lions in 1994 and 2001, a new study says.
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