16-01-31 A ground-breaking study has confirmed the long held assumption that camouflage protects animals from the clutches of predators, and offers insights into the most important aspects of camouflage. The research, by scientists from the Universities of E...

15-08-07 It's no surprise that some frogs secrete poison from glands in their skin. But researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on August 6 have discovered the first two species of frog, both living in Brazil, that are actually venomo...

12-08-03 A postdoctoral researcher at the University of Rhode Island has observed a never-before-seen defensive strategy used by a small species of deep-sea squid in which the animal counter-attacks a predator and then leaves the tips of its arms attached to...

11-10-28 The mere presence of a predator causes enough stress to kill a dragonfly, even when the predator cannot actually get at its prey to eat it, say biologists at the University of Toronto. How prey respond to the fear of being eaten is an important topi...

10-01-26 There is good news for coffee lovers and growers worldwide: A predator食肉动物，捕食者 for the devastating毁灭，摧毁 coffee berry borer钻孔器，穿孔者 has just been discovered in Africa. Looking at coffee berries in Western Kenya, Dr. Juliana Jaramil...

09-08-06 Wi ld orangutans in Borneo hold leaves to their mouths to make their voices sound deeper than they actually are, a new study shows. 一项新研究显示，波罗洲的野生星星将树叶贴近嘴边使它们的声音听起来比平常低沉。 The leaf trick gives an exaggerated impr...