Woodrats survive on toxic creosote plants by copying detox genes, producing more enzymes to break down plant toxins and avoid ...

NMSU biology assistant professor Teri Orr, whose research focuses on evolutionary and ecological mechanisms, is a co-author who contributed to the study to determine how woodrats are able to survive ...

“With evolutionary advances, it is possible, if not probable, that they might develop ways to breathe outside of water and eventually hunt terrestrial animals like deer, sheep, and other mammals – ...

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