Researchers have discovered the oldest known example of a predator-prey “arms race,” based on their study of ancient fossils. This ancient predator-prey relationship took place 517 million years ago ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Scientists often divide predator species into two camps: ...

In cities and suburbs, coyotes feed on the small mammals and other food as their rural cousins, but a large percentage of ...

In a quiet part of what is now South Australia, more than half a billion years ago, life was locked in battle. The ocean floor teemed with small shelled creatures trying to stay alive as newly evolved ...

Reaction-diffusion systems provide a mathematical framework for describing the interplay between local reactive processes and diffusive transport across space. In ecological settings, these models ...

A new study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that Otodus megalodon, the prehistoric giant shark, had a more versatile diet than previously thought, feeding on a ...

Species numbers alone do not fully capture how ecosystems are changing. In a global study, scientists analyzed long-term data ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 66, No. 11 (November 2021), pp. 3857-3872 (16 pages) There is a growing consensus that traits offer a powerful way to examine the relationship between the environment, ...

Barn owl: briefly -- Study areas in Scotland -- Research methods -- Distribution and variation -- Variation within subspecies -- Variation among subspecies -- Related spedies in the genus Tyto -- Diet ...