Possums in Tasmania growing bolder as devils decline

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from several universities in Australia has found that brushtail possums have begun altering their foraging habits in light of the decline of Tasmanian devils in Tasmania and other nearby islands. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the team describes field studies they conducted on the islands, what they learned and why they believe an ecosystem change is coming.

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