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Tag: Predation

Tag Archives: Predation

13Feb/18

The science of escaping from a vicious predator

February 13, 2018ScienceAcinonyx, Biological pest control, Botswana, Cheetah, Death, Environment, Felids, Fiction, Human Interest, Lion, Mammals, NEXT MEDIA, Predation, Predator, Pursuit predation, Throat clamp, Zebrasmbale

A years-long study has revealed how predators hunt in the African wild, and what tactics their prey use to outmaneuver them. Continue reading →

31Aug/17

Climate change may be making bears vegetarian

August 31, 2017EnvironmentAlaska Peninsula brown bear, Animals, Apex predators, Bears, Environment, Fauna of Alaska, Fish, Grizzly, Grizzly bear, Jonathan Armstrong, Kodiak, Kodiak Alaska, Kodiak Island, Oily fish, Organisms, Predation, Salmon, Scavengers, Sockeye salmon, United States, William Deacysmbale

Grizzly bears on Kodiak Island changed their diets and started eating berries instead of salmon because of climate change, according to a new study. Continue reading →

21Mar/17

Tiny predator is Top Gun of the insect world

March 21, 2017ScienceAgriculture, Asilidae, CAMBRIDGE'S DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY, Fly, Geological history of Earth, GONZALEZ-, Insect, Insects in culture, Mesozoic, minimal data processing, Neuroscience, Predation, Rice, Stuart McDill, TREVOR WARDILL, Triassic, Tropical agriculture, United Kingdomsmbale

A tiny fly, the size of a grain of rice, could be the Top Gun of the insect world after Cambridge scientists identified its remarkable ability to detect and intercept its prey mid-air, as Stuart McDill reports. Continue reading →