{
  "id": 9621152,
  "title": "On ancient Madagascar, large native herbivores paid the price as introduced livestock spread",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/on-ancient-madagascar-large-native-herbivores-paid-the-price-as",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-24T19:50:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-ancient-madagascar-large-native-herbivores.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New analyses of ancient cattle, sheep and goat bones on Madagascar suggest the rapid spread of introduced livestock on the island 1,200 years ago coincided with forest loss and population declines of large native herbivores.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}