These small mammals seem to adapt to climate change much faster than others

Jun 27, 2012 11:15 GMT  ·  By

It is not difficult to guess that, together with human beings, other creatures living on this planet must also find ways of coming to terms with the new weather conditions brought about by global warming.

Recent studies shows that shrews take the lead when it comes to responding to environmental changes, meaning that, regardless of whether temperatures increase or decrease, their population somehow goes unaffected.

Researchers believe that this is the case because shrews reproduce quite often and have many offspring, something thatmakes it easier for the species to keep up with whatever happens in its habitat.

It is believed that by studying how shrews change so as to adapt to new environmental conditions, we can predict how other animal species will react to climate change on the longer run.