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…
In a report released today, scientists call for a new systematic study of the Earth's “critical zone”–the life-sustaining outermost surface of the planet,…
The DNA survey and analysis, led by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will be posted online this week ahead of regular publication…
The first step towards any solution is understanding the problem, and that’s where the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) – in separate collaborations with…
The report, published today in the journal ‘Environment, Development and Sustainability’, concludes that the current rise in solo living, combined with the…
The Centre will be the only one of its kind in the UK to award an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) qualification in nuclear engineering.Funded by the Engineering…
Since its introduction to Wisconsin waters sometime in the 1950s, the crayfish has spread to thousands of lakes and streams, clear cutting the underwater…
Current conservation assessments of endangered Caribbean sea turtles are too optimistic, according to Loren McClenachan and colleagues from the Scripps…
Tidal marshes cover only about 45,000 square kilometers worldwide–about the area of Denmark. In comparison with other habitats, tidal marshes support few…
Working out how to boost the vitamin C content of blackcurrants would help to promote consumption of the vital nutrient and also improve juice quality,…
The four hurricanes that crossed the Sunshine State in August and September 2004 dumped as much as 27 inches of rain (nearly double the historical values) in…
While the increase in toxicity was relatively modest, the effects from the interaction of chemicals were unexpected, the researchers said. Chicken Ranch…
It wasn't that bad.That mix of manure and corn stalks had spent 27 days breaking down in a special drying process. The end result looked like brown yard mulch…
Their five-year study is the first to quantify the relationship between selective logging, where loggers extract individual trees from the rain forest, and…
The field campaign, called NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses 2006, runs from Aug. 15 to mid-September in the Cape Verde Islands, 350 miles off…
The study, which appears in the July 28 issue of the journal Science, involved researchers from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a part of The Earth…
A team of international researchers using NASA satellite images compiled an updated inventory of all “marine protected areas” containing coral reefs and…
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