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 | Welcome to the About Animals Newsletter, a weekly newsletter published by About.com's Animals & Wildlife website. For more about animals and wildlife, be sure to stop by the growing library of animal profiles. | | Rats! Are Rodents Getting Bigger?
It's the stuff of low-budget sci-fi movies: rodents around the globe are growing ever larger at astonishing rates. But B movie it's not—as UIC ecologist Oliver Pergams has demonstrated, the trend is real.
| The Bonobos' Uncertain Future
Bonobos face a precarious future unless they receive better protection throughout their current range, a new study reveals. The study also revealed that bonobos actively avoid areas where humans are present.
| Leaf-Cutter Ants Dabble with Nitrogen Fixation
Leaf-cutter ants are crafty cultivators. They tend vast gardens of fungus to feed their minions. The ants take great care with their fungus garden, constantly clipping and composting bits of leaves to form a rich substrate on which the fungus thrives.
| The Biomes of the World
Biomes are large regions of the earth that share similar characteristics such as climate, soils, precipitation, plant communities, and animal species.
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