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Trumpet rats use their long snout as a snorkel underwater, and they can reveal a lot about water pollution

The endangered Iberian trumpet rat, with its long snout and unusual appearance, may seem like one of Spain's strangest mammals. But new research suggests this aquatic animal could be offering ...
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Rats never touch the coral, yet on islands where they wiped out the seabirds the whole underwater food chain took another route, and crabs gained the ground the fish lost

An invasive rat may never touch a coral reef, yet it can still change what reef predators find for dinner. New research from the Chagos Archipelago shows that rats suppress seabird colonies, cut a ...
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Tiny reef fish flourished beside islands filled with seabirds; where rats removed the birds, the entire underwater food chain took another route

Ecosystems work with each other no matter how far or disconnected they are. Animals and birds have impacts on each other's lives and deaths. According to a new study, invasive rats on tropical islands ...