Short lives, short size – why are pygmies small?

Short lives, short size – why are pygmies small?
Short lives, short size – why are pygmies small?
This article is reposted from the old WordPress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. For decades, anthropologists have debated over why pygmies have evolved to be short. Amid theories about their jungle homes and lack of food, new research suggests that we have been looking at the problem from the wrong angle. The diminutive stature […]

Spiders construct homes for endangered pygmy lizards

Spiders construct homes for endangered pygmy lizards
Spiders construct homes for endangered pygmy lizards
The rare pygmy bluetongue lizard shelters in burrows created by wolf and trapdoor spiders. Without these burrows, efforts to save the lizard by moving them to new locations are destined to fail.
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