Raining cats and dogs: research finds global
<p>A team from Utah State University has identified several factors to help answer a fundamental ecological question: why is there a ridiculous abundance of species some places on earth and a scarcity in others? What factors, exactly, drive animal diversity? They discovered that what an animal eats (and how that interacts with climate) shapes Earth&rsquo;s diversity.</p>
Source: eurekalert.org