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Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online While some may be lamenting the impending forces of climate change, Adélie penguins could actually benefit from rising global temperatures. According to a new study in the open-access journal PLoS ONE, the Adélie penguin population on Antarctica’s Beaufort Island increased 84 percent as the region’s ice fields retreated from 1958 to 2010. "This research raises new questions about how Antarctic species are impacted by a...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com Perhaps spurred on by the success of the ABC sitcom Cougar Town, American mountain lions, also known as cougars, are making a comeback and spreading across the Midwest. Hunting in the early 20th century decimated the once prolific creature, but a report published this week in the Journal of Wildlife Management, not only said the animal has re-populated and expanded its habitat from enclaves in the American west; it also raised questions on how man will live...