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Mountain goats' ability to survive in alpine environments helps protect them from predators, but it also comes with risks.

Conservationists worry non-native mountain goats damage fragile alpine plant ecosystems; some hotly dispute that state authority on wildlife transplants trumps federal law. An experiment is underway ...

DURHAM, England, Oct. 22 (UPI) --Animals shrinking in size and mass isn't exactly new. In recent decades, scientists have observed an inverse relationship between animal size and temperature averages.

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