Richmond Times-Dispatch: Does a rough life as a youngster foretell hard times as an adult? A Virginia Commonwealth University researcher wants to know if thats true -- for salamanders.
Doctoral student Julie Charbonnier is studying whether deprivation in early life affects how the little amphibians might fare in a world changed by global warming.
How does your childhood impact you later in life? asked Charbonnier, summarizing the work.
The object of her attention is the spotted salamander, a dark little cigar...