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…
Boston University (BU) scientists have discovered that several species of amphibians use defense mechanisms to protect themselves against deadly water molds…
The interest of the research of the group directed by Alberto Ramos Cormenzana is due, to a great extent, to “jamilano”, a substance produced by this…
A team from the University of Liverpool’s School of Biological Sciences have found that the 100 life-size statues which make up Antony Gormley’s ‘Another…
For the first time, a research study has shown that fishing can promote relative boom and bust swings in supplies of targeted fish stocks. The study, authored…
“One of the questions generated by high prices is: How will U.S. and world producers respond? A second question is: How will Congress respond?” said Darrel…
The research, which is published in today’s Nature, involved compiling the largest ever survey of both exploited fish and non-exploited fish off the California…
Working with three French partners – Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer and Université des…
Reporting in the current issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) describe the likely effects of…
The system, which makes use of grid computing, could reduce the cost of flood damage by providing warnings of local flooding in time for people to take…
In three scientific papers currently being written, Brent Peyton, a Montana State University chemical engineering professor, his students, and collaborators…
Getting a clearer view of how ice behaves is important because it will help scientists predict more accurately how the ice sheet will respond to future climate…
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University College London, and the Katholieke Universiteit…
A new observation and modeling program focused on the southern Gulf of Maine and adjacent New England shelf waters could aid policymakers in deciding whether…
The finding is the first concrete validation of a long-held hypothesis that oxygen was being produced and consumed by that time and that the transition to an…
By studying the genes of Atlantic salmon scientists from three UK universities are developing a DNA chip to monitor the health and performance of salmon, a…
The roll out to the launch pad and erection of the Soyuz rocket at the launch tower took place on Saturday 14 October. Carried by train, the launcher left the…
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