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…
Designed to have universal appeal, the site will enable people of all ages to learn more about the wonders of the insect world both before and during National…
There is still no full explanation for this aggregation behaviour, but the past 20 years have seen purse-seine fishery operators take advantage of the…
“To find out something new about apples is really exciting”, says Dr Mary Parker of the Institute of Food Research. “Apples have been cultivated for about as…
Companies that aim to create wealth while also contributing to the long-term quality of life and respect for the environment regularly issue environmental…
This sea turtle, although a protected species, is threatened by human activity: it ingests plastics, get accidentally caught in fishing nets, sees its…
Shazali Abu Mansor, Ernest Cyril DeRun, Dyg Affizah Awg Marikan,Kassim Mansor, Jenny IgnatiusFaculty of Economics and BusinessThis study was conducted for the…
The researchers verified that resistance in soybeans to one nematode parasite doesn't predict how well the plant will fight off another nematode species, said…
So states a team of researchers from seven universities in a paper published in this week's issue of the journal Science: “Nanominerals, Mineral Nanoparticles,…
The theme of this year’s World Meteorological Day is “Observing our Planet for a Better Future,” which underscores the importance of monitoring meteorological…
But governments of the UK, the EU, Germany and the US disagree seriously about biofuel footprints, and this could lead to confusion in the fuel markets, says…
SON, WI, March 17, 2008 — To meet the needs of a growing population and to provide it with a higher quality of life, increasing pressures are being placed on…
As growing demand for clean water stretches even the resources of the world's largest industrialized nations, scientists and engineers are turning to new…
Black carbon, a form of particulate air pollution most often produced from biomass burning, cooking with solid fuels and diesel exhaust, has a warming effect…
This curious arrangement is one of Nature’s most delicate and complex partnerships – a collaboration now facing grave threats from climate change.The symbiosis…
Imagine you are a rice breeder and one day within a large field you discover a plant that has just the characteristics you have been looking for. You happily…
That was the case in October 2003 on Canada's Banks Island, at the edge of the Beaufort Sea inside the Arctic Circle. Rain fell for several days on top of a…
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