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When Insects Lost Their Homes, Evolution Clipped Their Wings – The New York Times
A study in New Zealand shows how man-made changes to an ecosystem can radically reshape the bodies of insect inhabitants.
New Zealands South Island was once covered in thick forest, the trees breaking like a dark green tide around the grassy mountaintops. After the arrival of Mori settlers about 750 years ago, some hillsides were cleared of their trees by humans using fire,…
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