Hot dogs: rising heat makes it too hot for Africa’s wild dogs to hunt

The endangered wild dogs are well adapted to high temperatures but a warming world means pup survival is plummeting, study showsRising temperatures are making it too hot for African wild dogs to hunt and the number of their pups that survive is plummeting, according to a new study. The research is among the first to show a direct impact of increased heat on wildlife that appears well adapted to high temperatures. There are only 7,000 African wild dogs left in the wild and they have lost 93% of their historic ranges to humans. Research earlier in July suggested that a “biological annihilation” of wildlife in recent decades means a sixth mass extinction in Earth’s history is already under way. Related: Earth's sixth mass extinction event under way, scientists warn Continue reading...