/newsroom/taxonomy/term/5233/all en /newsroom/channels/news/ecological-rule-breaker-shows-effects-climate-change-body-size-evolution-343871 <p>Does evolution follow certain rules? Can these rules be predicted? Southeast Asia’s tree shrews break multiple rules when it comes to body size variation – with an unexpected twist – according to researchers from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University, University of Cambridge, and Yale University. The <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23774-w">findings</a> shed new light on the effects of climate change on the evolution of body size in animals.</p> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 19:14:10 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 288538 at /newsroom /newsroom/gregor-fussmann Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:35:06 +0000 Anonymous 23288 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/why-do-some-fish-thrive-oil-polluted-water-258096 <p><strong><em>By Melody Enguix</em></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="/newsroom">ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Newsroom</a></strong></p> <p>When scientists from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University learned that some fish were proliferating in rivers and ponds polluted by oil extraction in Southern Trinidad, it caught their attention. They thought they had found a rare example of a species able to adapt to crude oil pollution.</p> Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:19:43 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25147 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/pesticides-more-toxic-previously-thought-254401 <p>Insecticides that are sprayed in orchards and fields across North America may be more toxic to spiders than scientists previously believed. Wed, 05 Aug 2015 18:56:52 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24391 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/personalities-spiders-254382 <p>Even jumping spiders have personalities scientists have discovered. A "shy" individual will not make the same choices as a "bold" individual. This means that some individuals, because of their personality type, will capture more prey than others, and will therefore have a larger effect on local ecosystems.</p> <p> Tue, 04 Aug 2015 21:07:06 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24388 at /newsroom