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“Everyone had heard of aardvarks, and they are considered very ecologically important, but there has been little study of them.”

The direr the landscape, the more isolated aardvarks are becoming, scientists discovered.

In a first-of-its-kind study of aardvarks, researchers spent months in sub-Saharan Africa collecting poop from the animal.

In a first-of-its-kind study of aardvarks, researchers spent months in sub-Saharan Africa collecting poop from the animal.

<p>In a first-of-its-kind study of aardvarks, Oregon State University researchers spent months in sub-Saharan Africa collecting poop from the animal and concluded that aridification of the landscape is isolating them, which they say could have implications for their long-term survival.</p>

The mammals' environment is getting hotter and drier.

The mammals' environment is getting hotter and drier.

 E-Mail IMAGE: A desert bighorn sheep ewe (left) and ram are observed in the Providence Mountains in the Mojave Desert in California. view more  Credit: Rachel Crowhurst, Oregon State University. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Desert bighorn sheep in the Mojave National Preserve in California and surrounding areas appear to be more resilient than previously thought to a respiratory disease that killed dozens of them and sickened many more in 2013, a new study has found. Clint Epps, a wildlife biol...

Rachel Crowhurst/Oregon State University A desert bighorn sheep ewe (left) and ram are observed in the Providence Mountains in the Mojave Desert in California Theyre more resilient to a respiratory disease than first thought, according to researchers. Feb 03, 2021 Desert bighorn sheep in the Mojave National Preserve in California and surrounding areas appear to be more resilient than previously thought to a respiratory disease that killed dozens of them and sickened ma...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Desert bighorn sheep in the Mojave National Preserve in California and surrounding areas appear to be more resilient than previously...