"When food is abundant and concentrated, there’s no need to defend it." Researchers stunned by major shift in large predator's behavior: 'Can create entirely new interactions' first appeared on The ...

Animal survival depends on effective attack and defense strategies, yet how these behaviors arise remains unclear. Addressing ...

A new study shows how wolves steal kills from cougars in Yellowstone, driving an uneven feeding rivalry and changing cougar ...

New research shows that the mere smell of predators is enough to change deer behavior and limit browsing damage to tree ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A study investigated thousands of kill sites that provided valuable information about the hunting and feeding behaviors of ...

A study published in Water Biology and Security investigated non-consumptive effects by linking prey physiological responses to molecular mechanisms to improve the understanding of predator-prey ...

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 ...