Smaller mammals, especially rodents, are rather low on the universal food chain. Due to the nature of their bite-sized physique, larger predators often take full advantage to satisfy their ...

Interspecific mutualism – when two different animal species depend on one another for survival – can be found all around the globe. But perhaps one of the best-known instances exists between the ...

The R/V SEWARD JOHNSON is enroute from HARBOR BRANCH Oceanographic Institution in Fort Pierce, Florida, to the Gulf of Maine, embarking upon the first phase of a 3-year, multi-seasonal science mission ...

An event as simple as the world's first bite may have sparked an ancient "explosion" of life 500 million years ago that led to the rise of the broad groups of animals that are still alive today. A ...

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