Animals get carbon by consuming organic matter in their diet – herbivores from plants ... Even in a simplified freshwater food web, carbon takes many paths. This diagram shows how complex ecosystems ...

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 ...

That’s where Microsoft Visio comes in—a tool designed to simplify the process of creating professional diagrams and flowcharts, even if you’re not a design expert. If you’ve been curious ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “There is no such thing as an innocent map,” observes Philippe Rekacewicz in his catalogue essay that ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...