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Heat-exposed beetles dig shallower: NTU

署名 By Rachel Lin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer全文約 1,954 字

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Instead of digging deeper to shield their offspring from rising temperatures, burying beetles exposed to heat bury food for their larvae closer to the surface, a National Taiwan University (NTU) study has found.The counterintuitive behavior suggests that some species might struggle to adapt to clima

Heat-exposed beetles dig shallower: NTU(新聞配圖)
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Instead of digging deeper to shield their offspring from rising temperatures, burying beetles exposed to heat bury food for their larvae closer to the...