As the largest predatory fish on Earth, great white sharks are already impressive, armed with up to 300 serrated teeth and weighing up to 5,000 pounds. Now, new research adds more intrigue to the ...

Climate change is widely observed to influence the spatial distribution and life-cycle timing (phenology) of plants and animals. However, the mechanisms that drive species' responses to climate are ...

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Fifty years ago, I published in a scientific journal on animal behavior; for the past 33 years, that knowledge has served me well in politics and policy, including eight years in the Ohio House of ...

The Ruben Prey X-factor that could make St. John’s even more dangerous St. John's Red Storm forward Ruben Prey dunks at practice on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Queens, NY.© Corey Sipkin for the NY ...

Spiders have all sorts of ingenious and often sneaky tactics to trap prey. So-called pirate spiders will, for example, tap on other spider webs to trick their owners into thinking they've caught prey, ...

Defense mechanisms are crucial to all animal life. Since animals in every biome must eat to survive, prey animals must constantly avoid being eaten. Animals employ adaptations that add to the chances ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study examined the effects of prey availability and the addition of plant material to the diet of a generalist insect predator (the ...

1. Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) populations typically exhibit 8-11 year cycles in abundance over most of their geographic range. Results of a parasite-reduction study suggest that sublethal ...