Imagine two of the world's most iconic canids—a dingo and a wolf—head to head in a fight. Who would win?
Plants & Animals
Dec 9, 2021
0
4
Iconic tyrannosauroids like T. rex famously dominated the top of the food web at the end of the reign of the dinosaurs. But they didn't always hold that top spot.
Paleontology & Fossils
Sep 8, 2021
0
2514
New UMD study suggests that everywhere tyrannosaurs rose to dominance, their juveniles took over the ecological role of medium-sized carnivores
Paleontology & Fossils
Jun 17, 2021
0
400
The population of white sharks that call the Central California coast their primary home is holding steady at about 300 animals and shows some signs of growth, a new long-term study of the species has shown.
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2021
0
51
Dozens of sharks gathered Tuesday in warm waters of the Mediterranean near an Israeli power plant, drawing sightseers in what has become an annual occurence.
Ecology
Apr 20, 2021
0
14
Researchers at Tel Aviv University were able to reconstruct the nutrition of stone age humans. In a paper published in the Yearbook of the American Physical Anthropology Association, Dr. Miki Ben-Dor and Prof. Ran Barkai ...
Archaeology
Apr 5, 2021
9
2562
Polar bears are often considered the poster-child species for climate change impacts. With global warming and sea-ice declines, it becomes harder for polar bears to hunt their preferred prey—seals. Increased global temperatures ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2021
4
203
Almost all wild canines in Australia are genetically more than half dingo, a new study led by UNSW Sydney shows—suggesting that lethal measures to control 'wild dog' populations are primarily targeting dingoes.
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2021
5
3236
A camera-trap study in the Mendocino National Forest in Northern California reveals that black bears are adept at finding and stealing the remains of adult deer killed by pumas. This "kleptoparasitism" by bears, as scientists ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 19, 2021
1
38
Research published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry shows that the presence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in bald eagle populations is slowly declining. Bald eagles are apex predators that nest and, more ...
Environment
Mar 10, 2021
0
8
