A recent study of American water shrews has surprised researchers by showing that the animals rapidly elevate body temperature immediately before diving into cold water.
This behaviour is unexpected because lower body temperatures enable diving mammals to stay underwater for longer, offering greater opportunity to find food. Heating up doesn’t make sense because a warm body […]

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Michael Campbell, professor in the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, has won a Skål International “green award” for his work in sustainable gorilla tourism in Uganda.
Campbell took home the trophy for best Educational Program at the tenth annual Skål International Sustainable Development in Tourism Awards recently held in Finland. Founded in […]

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The University of Manitoba and the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre (CFDC) recently signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding that will see the two organizations work together on a broad array of academic and research programs.
It’s a milestone achievement for the CFDC, and one the museum has been working toward for years, said board president Henry […]

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Researchers writing in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology have made the first identification of a new type of adaptation in the blood of moles which allows more efficient transport of carbon dioxide. This “super hemoglobin” facilitates the moles’ burrowing behaviour and helps them survive long periods of time in dark, stifling conditions.
 Kevin Campbell from the […]

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