Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 21:49
in Biology & Nature
Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, despite the evolutionary benefits of possessing a large body, according to new research published in this week's Science Express (2 July)...
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