Warmer Conditions Mean Shorter Lives for Cold-Blooded Animals

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 16:56 in Biology & Nature

Temperature explains much of why cold-blooded organisms such as fish, amphibians, crustaceans, and lizards live longer at higher latitudes than at lower latitudes, according to research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) online.

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