House sparrows adapt to Mount Isa lead levels

Derek Barry
Updated September 24 2018 - 3:32pm, first published 1:00pm
LEAD ADAPTORS: House sparrows have been seen in Mount Isa for 50 years. Photo: supplied.
LEAD ADAPTORS: House sparrows have been seen in Mount Isa for 50 years. Photo: supplied.

A new study of the genes of house sparrows has found the first evidence of animals adapting to contamination in high-lead areas of Australia.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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