Wolves are charismatic, conspicuous, and easy to single out as the top predator affecting populations of elk, deer, and other prey animals. However, a new study has found that the secretive cougar is actually the main predator ...
Ecology
Aug 2, 2019
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A Colorado State University experiment spanning more than two decades has found that removal of apex predators from an ecosystem can create lasting changes that are not reversed after they return—at least, not for a very ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2024
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Does your cat kick litter all over the floor? What does this mean and how can you stop it?
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2022
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Old dogs can teach humans new things about evolution. In Nature Communications a new study of North American dog fossils as old as 40 million years suggests that the evolutionary path of whole groups of predators can be a ...
Evolution
Aug 18, 2015
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Predators must eat to survive—and to survive, prey must avoid being eaten. One theory, the Wolf-Mangel model, suggests predators could use false attacks to tire prey out or force them to take bigger risks, but this has ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 11, 2023
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Two Florida hunters set a new record when they caught a Burmese python that measured a whopping 18 feet, 8.8 inches (5.71 meters), authorities in the southern state said Friday, as they encourage more people to eliminate ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 9, 2020
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South Australian Museum and University of Adelaide scientists working on fossils from Kangaroo Island, South Australia, have found eyes belonging to a giant 500 million-year-old marine predator that sat at the top of the ...
Archaeology
Dec 7, 2011
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Along with the venomous lionfish, the Burmese python is perhaps the least welcome invasive species in Florida: lacking any natural predators, it has happily chomped its way through the state's wildlife.
Ecology
May 10, 2019
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Climate change impacts marine life through a bewildering web of complex pathways.
Environment
Oct 6, 2022
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New technology captures never-before-heard sounds of lynx hunting, fighting, and sleeping.
Plants & Animals
May 31, 2021
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