15-02-25 Biodiversity, including small predators such as dragonflies and other aquatic bugs that attack and consume parasites, may improve the health of amphibians, according to a team of researchers. Amphibians have experienced marked declines in the wild a...

13-10-14 When predators lurk（潜伏） nearby, male Bahamas mosquitofish (Gambusia hubbsi) change mating strategies, rejecting elaborate courting rituals for more frequent and sometimes forceful encounters with females. But as a recent North Carolina State Uni...

13-01-14 Baby sharks still developing in their egg cases can sense when predators are near, and keep very still to avoid being detected, according to research published January 9 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Ryan Kempster from the University of Wes...

12-04-11 A survey on the loss in the Northern Hemisphere of large predators, particularly wolves, concludes that current populations of moose（驼鹿） , deer, and other large herbivores far exceed their historic levels and are contributing to disrupted ecosys...

11-11-22 Natural selection has played a role in the development of the many skins patterns of the tiny Ranitomeya imitator（模仿者） poison dart frog, according to a study that will be published in an upcoming edition of American Naturalist by University of...

11-07-15 The decline of large predators（捕食者） and other apex（顶点） consumers at the top of the food chain has disrupted ecosystems all over the planet, according to a review of recent findings conducted by an international team of scientists and publis...