News tagged with predator prey relationships

Escalating arms race: Predatory sea urchins drive evolution

(Phys.org) -- Nature teems with examples of evolutionary arms races between predators and prey, with the predator species gradually evolving a new mode of attack for each defensive adaptation that arises in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A classic model for ecological stability revised, 40 years later

A famous mathematical formula which shook the world of ecology 40 years ago has been revisited and refined by two University of Chicago researchers in the current issue of Nature.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Mountain Lion! Stand or Run?

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new UC Davis study of 110 years of mountain-lion attacks on people suggests the conventional wisdom of standing your ground may not always be the right course.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 2




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Tuatara iconic New Zealand reptile shows chewing is not just for mammals

The tuatara, an iconic New Zealand reptile, chews its food in a way unlike any other animal on the planet – challenging the widespread perception that complex chewing ability is closely linked to high ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Conservationists' dilemma as threatened jaguar develops taste for endangered turtle

(Phys.org) -- How do you protect two species facing extinction when one begins to prey heavily on the other?

Biology / Ecology

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Marine food chain becomes clearer with new revelations about prey distribution

A new study has found that each step of the marine food chain is clearly controlled by the trophic level below it – and the driving factor influencing that relationship is not the abundance of prey, but ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Insect DNA offers tiny clues about animals' changing habitats

The long-term impact of climate change on natural communities of wild animals could be better understood thanks to a new study.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Redder ladybirds more deadly, say scientists

A ladybird's colour indicates how well-fed and how toxic it is, according to an international team of scientists. Research led by the Universities of Exeter and Liverpool directly shows that differences between ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New study shows how much food is needed by seabirds

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of scientists, including one from the U.S. Geological Survey, has shown that many seabirds begin to suffer when the food available for them in the ocean declines below a critical level. ...

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Tinkering with evolution: Ecological implications of modular software networks

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 1960s, Dr. Lawrence J. Fogel introduced what would come to be known as evolutionary programming to the nascent field of Artificial Intelligence in an attempt to produce intelligent softwa ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

140 new species described by California Academy of Sciences in 2011

In 2011, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 140 new relatives to our family tree. The new species include 72 arthropods, 31 sea slugs, 13 fishes, 11 plants, nine sponges, three corals, ...

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created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Anthropologist offers view of snakes as predatory, prey, and competitor

(PhysOrg.com) -- Because we humans are able to write down our greatest fears, we’ve managed to amass quite a library of frightful things over the past several hundred years. One particular fear that ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Picture book portrays a 'hoppy' future for endangered frogs

Move over Kermit, there's a native frog rising in the West.

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created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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