Ecologists have long sought clarity on the dietary habits of different animal species. For scientists, it wasn't obvious how herbivores in Yellowstone National Park, who subsist on grasses, ...

THIS WEEK I found Wine Caps (Stropharia rugosoannulata) and Aspen Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus populinus) growing right in the garden! Foraging delicious wild mushrooms at home is not only possible — ...

How do foraging animals find their food? A new study shows that lemurs use smell, social cues, and long-term memory to locate hidden fruit -- a combination of factors that may have deep evolutionary ...

In this time of global change, understanding the basics of animal behavior and environmental interactions is just as important as predicting and planning for widespread impacts. Ecological scientists ...

Why do animals search for food at specific times of the day? In a study published in Current Biology, a research group led by Prof. Li Yan from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Standing barefoot in a grassy patch of dandelions, Iris Phoebe Weaver excitedly begins listing ...

Modern broiler chicken strains have been selectively bred for rapid growth, increased meat yield and feed efficiency, making ...

Valentin Dragoi professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University, professor of neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College and scientific director of the Methodist/Rice Center for ...

Jessica Carew Kraft uses her teeth to grip the stem of a Himalayan blackberry plant as she twists the stem into cord Sept. 19 in Berkeley, Calif. Kraft is an author and forager of wild edibles. (Aric ...

Learn more about kleptoparasitism and how animals adjust to it when their food sources are scarce.

Brown University ecologists teamed with National Park Service scientists in Yellowstone to answer a vexing question about how different wildlife species find enough to eat PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown ...