How did whales that feed on tiny prey evolve into the largest creatures on Earth? And why don’t they get even bigger?
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New research has found that different types of habitat loss can change the stability of whole plant and animal communities.
Managing rabbit populations isn’t as simple as declaring ‘open season’.
An AC/DC-loving biologist tests the band’s 1980 assertion that “rock ‘n’ roll ain’t noise pollution.” Turns out it can be – and the negative effects of noise can ripple through an ecosystem.
London should be one giant pigeon cemetery, but you rarely see the bodies.
From falcons that hunt by the light of skyscrapers, to bears that sit in wait at weirs, animals are using human structures to help them catch a meal.
Meet the brawny bug with a concoction so caustic it’ll make a toad vomit.
Some insects wear gory disguises and macabre masks year round, not just at Halloween.
The land reform programme in Zimbabwe has come at the cost of wildlife and opens up the debate on people versus nature. But there is a way forward.
New research shows that puff adders use two luring techniques to attract prey within striking range.
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Associate Professor in Computational Ecology, Swansea University
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Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Zoology, University of Venda, Researcher at IGDORE, and Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, Durham University
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Research Scientist in Population Ecology at Cornell University and Postdoctoral Reseacher, Queen's University Belfast
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