A predator crown-of-thorns sea star eats an undefended coral, leaving visible white scares of exposed coral skeleton where the tissue has been removed. In Sept. 2014, Smithsonian scientists ...

This is, however, only part of the picture. ... However, consumption of a seed kills the plant before it can grow, making seed consumption an example of predation. Not all predators are animals.

This separation leads to low-predation habitats upstream and high-predation habitats downstream. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 03 May 2017, issue of <i>Science Advances</i ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The loss of top predators, such as lions, wolves and sharks, is causing unpredictable ...

Plastic caterpillars reveal global predation patterns Sea-level tropical regions are the most dangerous to insects on the planet, according to scientists. Friday 19 May 2017 15:28, UK ...

In some cases, the more fish there are, the larger a target they make for predators. This is what MIT and Norwegian oceanographers observed recently when they explored a wide swath of ocean off the ...

Scientists have long documented mimicry in adult butterflies, but new research shows that caterpillars also use this defense mechanism to deter predators. To protect themselves from hungry ...