predation

From fish harvests to cottonwood forests, organisms display evidence that species change can occur on timescales that can influence ecological processes.

Watch Komodo dragons bring down a buffalo.

A new study reveals how the amygdala is involved in controlling predatory behavior in mice.

Researchers observe stingrays moving their jaws to grind up prey, a behavior thought to be restricted to mammals.

How Ebola hides from immune cells; gut microbes’ role in immunotherapy response; new mechanisms of hearing loss; butterflies use milkweed toxins to ward off predators

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Boa constrictors hunt by cutting off their preys’ blood supplies, not by suffocation, a study shows.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Researchers show that patterned coloration can be an effective means of distracting predators from vital body parts.

Study finds that coffee plants grown in the vicinity of Mount Kilimanjaro produce more coffee beans of a better quality if they are surrounded by thriving plant and animal communities.

Researchers detect neurons in the macaque brain that selectively respond to images of reptilian predators.

Bamboo sharks still developing in their egg cases respond to a predator presence by ceasing movement and even breathing.

Researchers monitor the movement of the Pacific’s largest predators and share the information with the world in real time.

Animals can and do eat Archaea.

An anthropologist and a herpetologist join forces to reveal the complex shared evolutionary and ecological history of pythons and primates.

Plants’ circadian clocks help them gear for attack by herbivores.

A particular predator defense used by water fleas makes them more susceptible to parasite infections, new research shows.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research.