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…
Despite being armed with a more powerful and efficient bite and having larger energy needs than the dingo, the thylacine was restricted to eating relatively…
Until now, arguments and debate about the ecological impacts of dog-walking have remained subjective and unresolved because experimental evidence has been…
A paper published in Geophysical Research Letters describes how the AMMA scientists gathered new atmospheric data by using satellite imagery to plot flight…
Speaking at the British Ecological Society's Annual Meeting in Glasgow next week, Dr Owen Nevin of the University of Cumbria will reveal that adult male…
The research by an international team led by archaeologists at Durham University, which is published today in the academic journal Proceedings of the National…
As of late, many uncertainties have been sprouting up in corn production. Researchers and producers have been wondering if precision agricultural technologies…
”The ice-dammed lakes in Russia were larger than the largest lakes we know today,” Eiliv Larsen, a geologist at the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), tells…
Before the worst mass extinction of life in Earth’s history – 252 million years ago – ocean life was diverse and clam-like organisms called brachiopods…
CUBED GOES GREEN…Climate change looks likely to make the weather more difficult to predict but, with the rising interest in the environmental impact of human…
The British government and other European Union countries brought in a revised Bathing Waters Directive last year with more stringent standards for the quality…
Hepatitis E virus is one of the few viruses which has been shown to be transmitted directly from animals through food. It was recently thought to be confined…
More than 305 types of weed in more than 50 countries have been reported to be resistant to at least one herbicide, and an increasing number of weeds owe their…
Bread producers need stronger gluten flours, said Dr. Jackie Rudd, Experiment Station state wheat breeder in Amarillo. Gluten is the protein in wheat that…
Previous climate model studies have shown that heavy rainstorms will be more common in a warmer climate, but few global models have attempted to simulate the…
The rare stone-curlew, one of England’s most elusive birds, has thrived on farmland called set-aside, which has also helped declining skylarks, yellowhammers,…
These anecdotes have increasingly been supported by quantitative data showing that wildlife outside national parks and game reserves has declined precipitously…
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