Study sheds light on how marine animals survive stress
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 21:02
in Biology & Nature
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- For marine iguanas living in the Galapagos Islands, an El Niño can be deadly. Some die from starvation while others survive. Scientists have long believed that the difference between life and death for the iguana depended on the animals' ability to secrete the stress hormone corticosterone.