Tag: survival
A tortoise survival tale: How Tiptoe escaped Southern California’s wildfires
Alina Hartounian This is a developing story. For the latest local updates head to LAist.com and sign up for breaking news alerts. Dark gray smoke puffed into the sky behind him as Tiptoe the African sulcata tortoise crunched on the green lawn beneath him. Flames were visible down the street, cars sped past, and Tiptoe’s owner, Caitlin Doran,…
Hiker who left muesli bars in Kosciuszko hut praises Hadi Nazari’s survival skills
Sherman left two muesli bars in national park’s most remote hut while Nazari was lost in wilderness – along with a short message ‘enjoy’ Sydney hiker Sherman left two Uncle Toby muesli bars inside a hut in dense bush on the side of a steep range in the Kosciuszko national park just after Christmas. He…
Survival of the luckiest? New study hints at the potential role of luck in evolution
By Jonathan Lambert For many, evolution boils down to a simple phrase: survival of the fittest. Within a population, individuals vary in their ability to survive and reproduce, and the winners of this competition shape the next generation. “Everywhere we look, outcomes across populations are unequal,” says Matthew Zipple, an evolutionary biologist at Cornell University.…