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  "id": 10722543,
  "title": "Black squirrels are helping Montreal scientists understand a city's role in animal evolution",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/black-squirrels-are-helping-montreal-scientists-understand-a-citys",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-27T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news-cbc",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/black-squirrels-montreal-9.7358879"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cities are far from uniform. Their diverse neighbourhoods, varying levels of tree cover and distinct boundaries — like Montreal’s waterways — create fine-scale environmental variations that can lead to different genetic and physical adaptations within the same animal population.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}