KS3/GCSE Geography: How animals have adapted to live in the Italian Alps

KS3/GCSE Geography. Join Ferne Corrigan as she investigates the Alpine Mountains of Italy. Suitable for teaching Geography at ...

Snow loss in the Italian Alps could shrink the stoat’s habitat by 36%, and scientists say its main prey may shift uphill at a different rate

Reduced snow cover may shrink stoat habitats by thirty-six percent by century's end. Warming temperatures also impact the ...
Phys.org

Fossil discovery in Alps challenges theory that all deep sea animals evolved from shallow water ancestors

(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with members from several European countries has published a paper in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, arguing that new ...
The Conversation

EcoCheck: Australia’s Alps are cool, but the heat is on

Our EcoCheck series takes the pulse of some of Australia’s most important ecosystems to find out if they’re in good health or on the wane. Think of an Australian landscape and you’re unlikely to ...
Phys.org

Huge new ichthyosaur, one of the largest animals ever, uncovered high in the Alps

Paleontologists have discovered sets of fossils representing three new ichthyosaurs that may have been among the largest animals to have ever lived, reports a new paper in the peer-reviewed Journal of ...
Courthouse News Service

Fossils found high in Swiss Alps may be of largest animal ever

Reconstruction of the Shonisaurus, a giant ichthyosaur. (Nobumichi Tamura.jpg) (CN) — Paleontologists identified fossils from three massive marine reptiles that may be the largest animals to have ever ...