The trophic level of an organism is the position it occupies in a food web. A food chain is a succession of organisms that eat other organisms and may, in turn, be eaten themselves. The trophic level ...

New research on desert isopods' dietary preferences is the revelation of the complex factors influencing their food choices.

Trophic cascades are powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems. Trophic cascades occur when predators limit the density and/or behavior of their prey and thereby enhance ...

Trophic ecology is the study of the food chain. On Tenerife in the Canary Islands, feral cats feast chiefly on rabbits, mice, ...

The world’s largest canine draws both reverence and ire. Here are some of the most common misunderstandings, according to ...

New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal ...

Libraries have long been a place of creative and professional growth, and a new branch of the Kitchener Public Library, which ...

Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, ...

A trophic cascade is when an apex predator, like the gray wolf, indirectly benefits plants by controlling the number of plant eaters, in this case elk. The results of a 20-year study in ...

We don’t fully understand how to create an artificial placenta at the moment. We don’t really understand the intricacies of ...

The creature had the potential to reach up to 30 feet long, making it possibly the largest shark of this type ever to have ...

Trophic cascades are powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems. Trophic cascades occur when predators limit the density and/or behavior of their prey and thereby enhance ...