Researchers from Murdoch University have revealed that even small stray and feral cats take on large and difficult-to-handle prey. And it's posing a risk to native wildlife populations.
Ecology
May 6, 2020
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A study led by the University of Turku has found that small, fiercely predatory damselflies catch and eat hundreds of thousands of insects during a single summer—in an area surrounding just a single pond. In terms of weight, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2020
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The Himalayan wolf is considered an ancient wolf as it evolved prior to the contemporary grey wolf which is found in large parts of North America and Eurasia. Very little is known about the Himalayan wolf, because science ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 20, 2020
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Extremely acute vision and the ability to rapidly process different visual impressions—these two factors are crucial when a peregrine falcon bears down on its prey at a speed that easily matches that of a Formula 1 racing ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2019
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Antibiotic resistance has become a global health problem due to decades of misuse of these drugs in both human and veterinary medicine. Nowadays, the prevalence of multi-drug resistant bacteria in humans, domestic animals ...
Ecology
Nov 12, 2019
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Scientists have developed a new method to investigate links between top predator diets and the amount of microplastic they consume through their prey.
Environment
Oct 21, 2019
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Scientists have developed a new method to investigate links between top predator diets and the amount of microplastic they consume through their prey.
Environment
Sep 25, 2019
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The recent introduction of healthy Tasmanian Devils to Maria Island was initially bad news for the local possum population, a species blissfully ignorant of the predator's existence.
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2019
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Let's be clear—tigers are perilously close to extinction.
Plants & Animals
Aug 15, 2019
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Scientists have developed a new method to investigate links between top predator diets and the amount of microplastic they consume through their prey.
Ecology
Aug 13, 2019
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