The risk of predation is perhaps the most pervasive form of stress in ecological communities and has substantial effects on the ecology and evolution of organisms and their communities. Using ...

Decades of data allow researchers to look at predator-prey interactions in a different way: among multiple species throughout the water column. They have developed an unusually rich picture of who is ...

Functional response describes the relationship between prey density and the rate at which a predator consumes prey, forming a key concept in understanding predator–prey interactions. It encompasses ...

Across North America, mountain lions, bears and gray wolves have made a remarkable comeback over the last 50 years. Once ...

When predators can use several prey species as food sources, they are known to select prey according to foraging efficiency and food quality. However, interactions between the prey species may also ...

Every day we encounter wildlife: birds, insects, various mammals, not to mention plants. Humans have transformed so much of the natural world through our cities, towns, neighborhoods, industry, ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 58, No. 4 (July 2013), pp. 1176-1184 (9 pages) We measured how predator- and prey-derived chemical cues affect swimming behaviors and encounter rates of two common ...

Paleontologists have identified a new species of flying reptile, named Bakiribu waridza. The most compelling detail of the ...

DURHAM, N.C. – The hunter-versus-hunted phenomenon exemplified by a pack of lionesses chasing down a lonely gazelle has been recreated in a Petri dish with lowly bacteria. Working with colleagues at ...

Scientists at the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center have developed an unusually rich picture of who is eating whom off the Northeastern United States. The findings, published recently in Fish ...