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    All around the world, humans are forcing other mammals to be more active at night

    by Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times Jun 17, 2018 3 minutes

    Human encroachment is pushing wild mammals all over the globe to increasingly become creatures of the night, moving their daytime activities toward the darker hours, a new study finds.

    This day-to-night shift, described in the journal Science, could have a host of implications for the health and survival of these species - and the structure of their ecosystems as a whole.

    Roughly 75 percent of the world's land surface has been impacted by humans, researchers say - and as animals have been trapped in these shrinking parcels of pristine land,

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