The consequences of climate change are emerging in more visible and more disastrous ways. From climate refugees to diminishing habitats, it seems as though just about every species on planet Earth is ...
Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the ocean’s twilight zone. The answer lies with ...
If you want to understand an ecosystem, look at what the species within it eat. In studying food webs -- how animals and plants in a community are connected through their dietary preferences -- ...
Estimated time of Completion: Activity and discussion can take up to 2 90-minute blocks depending on the amount of research Food webs show the interaction of different producers and consumers in an ...
On a grassy hill near where I met the ecologist Jennifer Dunne at the Smithsonian National Zoo, a lion craned its shaggy head back to watch a helicopter fly over. It was a stark illustration of humans ...
Webs aren’t just for spiders. They can, in fact, describe vast networks of interconnected relationships within ecosystems, based on the food preferences of plants and animals. Understanding a “food ...
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