New study finds that the nutritional value of prey within a single species can widely vary, offering key insights for food web dynamics and ecosystem change The hunt is on and a predator finally zeroes in on its prey. The animal consumes the nutritious meal and moves on to forage for its next target. But how much prey does a predator need to consume? Following a period of massive starvation among animals living along the California coast, University of California…
Global deforestation can be reduced by measuring the amount of carbon contained in natural forests. The measurements may make it possible for tropical…
“This melt-rich layer is actually quite spotty under the Pacific Ocean basin and surrounding areas, as revealed by my analysis of seismometer data,” says Dr….
But when scientists use food as a proxy for that water – taking into account how much crops are irrigated and livestock are fed – they can get a glimpse of the…
Trace amounts of the contaminant, which is used in medical treatments, are entering waterways via wastewater treatment systems and providing a new way to track…
The first day of spring brought record high temperatures across the northern part of the United States, while much of the Southwest was digging out from a…
They call the structures periodic bedrock ridges (and they use the abbreviation PBRs to evoke a favorite brand of beer). The ridges look like sand dunes but,…
Craig Wilson, a senior research associate in the Center for Mathematics and Science Education and a long-time butterfly enthusiast, says reports by the World…
Researchers at the University of Florida are looking for ways to minimize environmental hazards associated with a material likely to play an increasingly…
The ranchland near the southwestern Alberta town of Pincher Creek is a hot zone for grizzly bear encounters according to a new study conducted by researchers…
Ongoing efforts to reintroduce the American Chestnut are labor intensive and expensive, in part because they rely on genetic cross breeding to produce a tree…
Sludge from waste water treatment, ash from biomass combustion, metallurgical waste, and barley straw have been used . The new substrates were found to have…
Carlos Corvalan, an associate professor of food science, said understanding how the additives work together means they could be designed to decrease the…
NASA's Aqua satellite and NOAA's GOES-13 satellite have been providing infrared, visible and microwave images to forecasters of the stalled frontal system.On…
Although previous studies had found that Venice has stabilized, new measurements indicate that the historic city continues to slowly sink, and even to tilt…
For months, crude oil gushed into the water at a rate of approximately 53,000 barrels per day before the well was capped on July 15, 2010. A new study confirms…
The animation shows two cloud-free images of the region: the first captured on 10 March and the second on 18 March. The latest image shows how sand has swept…
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