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Not Living Fast and Dying Young: Why Older, Bigger Animals Matter
New research finds that protecting longer-lived species in the face of climate change is critical for animal populations.
By Georgina Gustin
The Bigmouth buffalo isn’t the prettiest fish in the water, nor is it particularly appealing to eat, but it has unsung qualities that scientists say are increasingly important in a climatically challenged, ecologically homogenizing world: It gets really big and really old.