{"id":608668,"date":"2026-05-28T15:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/608668\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:15:10","slug":"forget-the-galapagos-giant-tortoise-we-have-the-colossal-shetland-wren-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/608668\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget the Galapagos giant tortoise \u2014 we have the colossal Shetland wren &#8211; The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxPZ284VW1sQzIxYjZWMklhbzZ0YUo1b2MyVkdDVUdLbWpqSGVtaUs1SUhDREVwS1hVNjFjdFZiWGhqN05SUjV5MF9GY3NXQWR4OUtJN3lINWJOY1ltbHdGWFFfMzdHRDJjcnAxVG5kQjRVSTFDX3IxbnAzU2lfeFRHdWdhRklCOGJncjdaTE9oOXFnRHRBbHJR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forget the Galapagos giant tortoise \u2014 we have the colossal Shetland wren<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNNmRscG1lSnp3eHlXUGFWSjBsTVdpbVNKMUJ4SDFpWFNoUm5SNFNVcTVuX19yT0RkbEVXaTMzVDRCQ2pZMlpRRzMyZk1VSWI1UlRBSUh5WmZxN0ZKSWZBUm5aNjd0OW5YV2NnREdMVnVDSlJFVU5BeWw5VEFRQlBZalJRMVU5OVpfZXBrb1JZaU5PZ1lGWE9TVlJubkJ6STh4LTJaaEJ3bw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wrens on Scottish islands double in size amid lack of predators<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQcXN2RzhmNmhheWRSVXNTUU8xVjZvN3NZS0xPUGhaaU9DS1RTaUdfTUgxazBid1A5Z0FzMkpZYmptdEdlNVVTaUVBYzZzYW9YVWwzb0ZKT1poajVORkxyY3BLY2ZTekFQYWNUc2tGMWJkUDh1VnF6bk03OURzS2Z4NzJtWFdwWjNy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scientists unlock evolution of gigantism in Scottish island wrens<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Phys.org<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE5jTmFBdmRsX0p2R1U1ZGdrQ1Z5cFlJTUFMamttN1pZakd6VURISmdiYnE5RkowREZUQlhzc01MNlJZY0pXR1NUVEdEV29WYVkzOGNvOXVqaFVFVlBfNGQxOUJVQmx2VWRhNTJ6eDdpNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scottish wrens may be evolving into new species through island gigantism<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ScienceDaily<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxQM0NSZGg4U0ZUMWtSQzRSWUNnODVQcm5Zb2xhZFlISEVnWENHRnpjdEQyS3U2YmFjdXlwWldRdGFLMXpJa2szWmhHV0Fxbjd5MlZrS0ExWVptLWxRZVBUcTRFRWxvYmpySnJMQ2lPbzFVdUI4cmxjSkR3NmlCNG5STlJEWGhORWFEOGZMUVo0RjlGX1Ytek1faUQ2X0JObDZBNDY5enBobFBrczBhSTF5cWd5TFFTdlgzQnVvQl9FTFpOSUlyZDBQSmoyRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tiny songbird found double normal size fuels &#8216;island gigantism&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Scotsman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forget the Galapagos giant tortoise \u2014 we have the colossal Shetland wren&nbsp;&nbsp;The TimesWrens on Scottish islands double in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-608668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}