Nature's gamblers
Description
We resoundingly applaud life strategies that neatly exploit a particular evolutionary strength but forget that such risks can make an animal or plant vulnerable. Will life that has become so specialised and attuned to a particular ecological niche be able to adapt again to a changing world or will it evolve itself into extinction? What is the price of such specialisation when we see the past littered with many such failed 'success' stories?
Runtime
26 min
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
1992
Database
Alexander Street