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Ground-nesting bird populations are more likely to be in decline than any other European bird species, warns new report.

As the threat of rising temperatures puts the world's food supplies at risk new UCD research on a rare breed of 'heat-resistant' cattle that thrive in warmer climates could point towards a more sustainable beef industry. Criollo cattle have been in Latin America for hundreds of years, having originally been brought to the New World from Spain on the second voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1493.