Sheep shrink on Scottish isle as world warms, says Stanford biologist (page 3)
Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, despite the evolutionary benefits of possessing a large body, according to new research due to be published in this week's Science Express (2 July).**Principal Investigator Professor Tim Coulson from Imperial College London's Department of Life Sciences will be discussing the new findings at an embargoed press conference in London at 9am on Thursday 2 July 2009.
Sheep shrink on Scottish isle as world warms, says Stanford biologist
Wild sheep on the Scottish island of Hirta have been diminishing in size for over 20 years. Now researchers have puzzled out why: it's the heat. Like wool socks run through the dryer, the sheep ...
Mon 6 Jul 09 from Eurekalert
Climate Change And The Mystery Of The Shrinking Sheep
Milder winters are causing Scotland's wild breed of Soay sheep to get smaller, despite the evolutionary benefits of possessing a large body, according to new research.
Sat 4 Jul 09 from ScienceDaily
Climate Change And The Mystery Of The Shrinking Sheep, Thu 2 Jul 09 from RedOrbit
Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep, Thu 2 Jul 09 from e! Science News
Soay sheep shrinking in climate change
Milder weather brought about by climate change is causing Soay sheep to shrink on an uninhabited British island, scientists said. On Hirta Island in the St.
Fri 3 Jul 09 from RedOrbit
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