Before Homo sapiens arrived, Europe's forests were not dense and dark but shaped by open and light-rich woodland landscapes. Researchers have analyzed 917 native forest plant species in Central and ...

Around 300 million years ago, long before dinosaurs ruled the Earth, the Carboniferous period teemed with strange and giant ...

Ecosystems can temporarily bounce back when common ant species disappear. Other species may step in to perform similar roles.

Human activities, including clearing and slaughtering predators that keep down herbivore numbers, eat away at this ancient being. All the more reason to listen to 'The Trembling Giant' while it can ...

Sure, most restaurants and pubs serving up a Sunday roast have a veggie offering, but realistically you’re often left with a medley of vegetables blitzed together to form some kind of meal supplement ...

For example, high-intensity wildfires that reduce tree canopies lead to denser understory, benefiting certain birds, lizards, and herbivores like deer and elk. On the flip side, species like ...

Classic examples include black-eyed Susans and sunflowers. They provide seeds to goldfinches and other granivores (seed-eaters), while also hosting insects to feed insectivorous birds. Intersperse ...

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 ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some scientists have grave concerns. When news broke that Colossal Biosciences, a ...

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 ...