Search query: predators

Categories: All Categories


13142 records searched, 342 records found, top 20 matches displayed

Next 20 articles >


Search Hints:

  • Use a + (plus sign) or - (minus sign) to include or exclude a word: +mars -venus
  • Use a ? (question mark) as a wildcard for a single letter: te?t (test,text)
  • Use a * (asterisk) as a wildcard for multiple letters: he*t (heat, heart)
  • Use a ~ (tilde) to expand word endings: meteor~ (meteorite, meteorid, meteorology)


Most frequent words for articles published in the last 45 days:
developed (95), climate (85), team (83), species (75), cells (74), used (72), human (64), help (61), change (60), water (60), years (60), data (57), energy (55), such (53), carbon (51), discovered (50), time (48), like (47), materials (46), even (44)


Return to the site home page

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Zoology Ecology: Animals Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
Published

Caterpillars can detect their predators by the static electricity they emit      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Caterpillars respond defensively to electric fields similar to those emitted by their natural predat ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: General Ecology: Animals
Published

Most effective ways of foraging can attract predators - Most Effective Ways of Foraging Can Attract Predators      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Animals using the most of efficient methods of searching for resources may well pay with their lives...

Biology: Biochemistry Ecology: Animals Ecology: General Ecology: Research Environmental: Ecosystems
Published

Apex predators not a quick fix for restoring ecosystems      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

An experiment spanning more than two decades has found that removal of apex predators from an ecosys ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: General Biology: Zoology Ecology: Animals Ecology: Nature Ecology: Sea Life Environmental: Water
Published

Fish adjust reproduction in response to predators      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Some species of fish can evolve their egg-laying habits in response to predators in the area in orde ...

Environmental: Ecosystems
Published

Boo! How do Mexican cavefish escape predators? - Boo! How Mexican Cavefish Escape Predators      (via sciencedaily.com) 

When startled, do all fish respond the same way? A few fish, like Mexican cavefish, have evolved in...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Evolutionary Biology: General Ecology: Animals
Published

Skunks' warning stripes less prominent where predators are sparse, study finds      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Striped skunks are less likely to evolve with their famous and white markings where the threat of pr...

Biology: Microbiology Ecology: Animals Ecology: Nature
Published

When conditions cool down, a bacterial prey species becomes the predator      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

In a new study, two species of bacteria grown in a lab reversed their predator-prey relationship aft ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Cell Biology Biology: General Biology: Microbiology
Published

Ancient Antarctic microorganisms are aggressive predators      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Antarctic dwelling single-celled microorganisms called archaea can behave like parasites, new resear...

Ecology: Invasive Species Environmental: Ecosystems
Published

Brown widow spiders: Invasive species prosper in favorable habitats and from a lack of local predators      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Lower parasitism and predation in urban habitats may contribute to the invasion success of brown wid ...

Ecology: Animals Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
Published

Lion with nine lives breaks record with longest swim in predator-infested waters      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A record-breaking swim by two lion brothers across a predator-infested African river has been docume ...