Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is a predatory bacterium that has garnered significant attention for its capacity to control populations of Gram-negative bacteria. By invading and ultimately lysing its ...

Daphnia, a keystone group of freshwater crustaceans, exhibit a remarkable degree of phenotypic plasticity when exposed to predation risk. These adaptive responses include morphological modifications, ...

In the largest predation event ever recorded, researchers observed capelin shoaling off the coast of Norway, where a swarm of cod overtook them, consuming over 10 million fish in a few hours. The team ...

While considerable variations in both the frequency of extra-pair paternity (EPP) and the behavioral events that produce it are recognized among species, populations, individuals, and breeding ...

Health & Biosecurity Risks Feral (and stray) cats are associated with the spread of toxoplasmosis, a parasite that can harm ...

1. Offspring mortality varies dramatically among species with critical demographic and evolutionary ramifications, yet the causes of this variation remain unclear. Nests are widely used for breeding ...

Nature's most formidable predators are often female, wielding power through strategy, cunning, and fierce maternal instincts. From the disease-carryin ...

If you're interested in bats, there's a good chance you know that around 70 percent of bat species are insectivores, some ...

Humans have long been successful predators, thanks to our advanced cognition, tools and technology. And now a new study examining human predation’s influence on nature reveals some fresh insights, ...

Just weeks before a pregnant porbeagle shark was expected to give birth, one of the two tracker tags marine scientists had placed on the animal floated to the surface near Bermuda. The team hadn’t ...