Many prey species have eyespot markings that are believed to ward off predators. But how, and does a predator's angle of approach make them less effective? Dr. Hannah Rowland and Dr. John Skelhorn write for Frontiers about ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2022
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Scientists have published new findings confirming that orcas hunt great white sharks, after the marine mammal was captured on camera killing one of the world's largest sea predators.
Plants & Animals
Oct 9, 2022
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Sixty six million years ago, sea monsters really existed. They were mosasaurs, huge marine lizards that lived at the same time as the last dinosaurs. Growing up to 12 meters long, mosasaurs looked like a Komodo dragon with ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 8, 2022
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Climate change impacts marine life through a bewildering web of complex pathways.
Environment
Oct 6, 2022
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They say that good fences make good neighbors, which is especially true when you share space with gray wolves and grizzly bears.
Ecology
Oct 4, 2022
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Many anthropogenic chemicals eventually end up in the environment. Some of these can harm wildlife and can affect us humans. A major challenge is to identify these substances before they cause too much damage to the ecosystem ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 4, 2022
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Early Jurassic ichthyosaur juveniles show predatory specializations, scientists at the University of Bristol have revealed.
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 3, 2022
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Researchers in New York City have analyzed the DNA of urban coyotes and discovered that the coyotes eat a variety of native prey species and supplement this diet with human-sourced food items. The study is published in PeerJ.
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2022
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For Arizona State University's Ph.D. recent graduate Julie Bethany Rakes, it all started as a failed experiment that ended up being an impactful discovery for the microbiology community. Recently in Nature Communications, ...
Ecology
Sep 27, 2022
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A new paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand highlights the importance of having multiple open-source data sets available for environmental research.
Ecology
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