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Natural Selection

Lions

Why lions can feast during a drought

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This year’s powerful El Niño has led to extreme drought in southern Africa, causing food prices to skyrocket and making life difficult for vulnerable people. But nature has its own purposes: Over time drought adjusts the balances among prey and predators.

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Note on Emerging Science

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From survival of the fittest to survival of all: Is evolution over?

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Look at Charles Darwin’s legacy as the theory of evolution turns 150, A

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