Paleoanthropologists have thought that Homo habilis was the first stone-tool maker and meat-eater in our genus. But new ...

Individual organisms in a community interact in many different ways. An interaction may benefit both individuals, or the interaction may benefit one organism to the detriment of the other. An ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...

One animal's predator is often animal's prey, but not with these species. Many of them are too tough to be taken down, though some have stranger tactics.

Bald eagles and ospreys have made such a promising comeback in New Jersey over the last four decades that the state proposed earlier this year delisting the animals from its endangered species ...

Axel G. Rossberg receives funding from the UK's Natural Environment Research Council. He is chair of the International Initiative for Theoretical Ecology. People have been trying to understand how ...

A new study shows how much food polar bears leave behind — and how their decline threatens scavengers across the Arctic.

Animals often get labeled as either predators or prey. But in the wild, survival isn’t always a one-animal job. Some species form partnerships that help them find food, avoid danger, or raise young.

DECRA Fellow, Department of Ecological, Plant and Animal Sciences, La Trobe University Iliana Medina receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Alice Exnerova receives funding from the ...