How Arctic ground squirrels use steroids to bulk up for winter

06 Nov 2014


Rodents pumped up on steroids run wild across the Canadian tundra each summer. Now, new research published in the journal Biology Letters has uncovered how they do it without succumbing to nasty side effects. CBC News


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