This suggests that dense forests only became widespread after humans eliminated the large herbivores. "Our results provide strong evidence that the closed-forest model commonly used in restoration ...

Herbivores have seen their ‘lunch menu' undergo a change with cucumbers and melons being added to keep them hydrated. An official at the Gorewada zoo said, "We added cucumber and watermelon in ...

A new species of carnivorous caterpillar calls a counterintuitive place home: a spider’s lair. The species, dubbed the “bone collector” by the University of Hawaii scientists who discovered ...

Given that leaves are a key part of the food chain, microplastic particles that accumulate here can easily pass to herbivores and crop leaves, both of which can be directly consumed by humans.

Insects are disappearing at an alarming rate worldwide, but why? Agricultural intensification tops the list of proposed reasons, but there are many other, interconnected drivers that have an ...

Dire wolves themselves most likely died out at the end of the last ice age when the numbers of large herbivores, their main prey, started dwindling. The idea of reviving extinct animals is ...

While the majority of known Lepidoptera species are herbivores, a miniscule 0.1 percent of them are meat-eating, according to a statement. Specifically, the bone collector caterpillar is part of ...

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One theory is fear. Parrotfish and other herbivores will leave a reef's shelter to eat algae or the surrounding seagrass, but their fear of being gobbled up by predators may keep them from roving ...