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Bat Skulls
Making up one of the largest groups of mammals, bats are a diverse bunch with morphological variety in ears, noses, jaws and these features cause huge differences in skull shapes. Scientists now believe that echolocation and diet is thought to be the driver of diverse skull shapes after conducting microCT scans on over 200 species.
Virus Diversity
A global survey of the ecological diversity of viruses in the oceans has identified nearly 200,000 species, vastly exceeding the previously known figure of 15,000. This survey has highlighted the importance of microbes in the marine environment and how they should no longer be ignored in ocean ecosystem modelling.
Ash Dieback Costs
The true economic cost of Ash Dieback in Britain has been predicted to be £15 billion. A team of researchers have calculated this from costs arising from clearing dead and dying trees and the lost benefits from trees e.g. water and air purification as well as carbon sequestration.
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