To better understand the complex interactions between nature’s hunters and hunted, researchers gathered at the the ...
A new study on blue sharks shows that their movement patterns in the open ocean are closely linked to internal energy stores ...
Every day we encounter wildlife: birds, insects, various mammals, not to mention plants. Humans have transformed so much of the natural world through our cities, towns, neighborhoods, industry, ...
Results show that players’ choices echo predator-prey patterns seen in wildlife, though scientists stress the limits of the ...
Marine reserves are often designed to increase density, biomass, size structure, and biodiversity by prohibiting extractive activities. However, the recovery of predators following the establishment ...
Aquatic ecosystems present a dynamic interface where habitat selection by organisms and predator-prey interactions intricately shape community structure and ecological processes. In these environments ...
Mathematical modelling has long provided critical insights into the complex interactions between predators and their prey. Traditional approaches, such as the Lotka–Volterra model, lay the foundation ...
Genlisea, or the “corkscrew” carnivorous plant, doesn’t wait above ground to hunt. Here’s how it traps tiny prey right ...
Caterpillars respond defensively to electric fields similar to those emitted by their natural predators, scientists at the University of Bristol have found. In the study, published today in the ...
Watching lions and other big predators track down, bring down and then chow down on their still living prey is not everybody’s cup of tea. In fact, some wildlife documentaries still edit out the gory ...