While I am a big fan of spiders year-round, now is the time of year when I truly appreciate their presence in my yard as they stalk their herbivorous insect prey. One of the most beautiful spiders I ...

In the northern Vietnam province of Thanh Hoa, fishers venture out into the mangrove forests to set their traps. The fishers use fyke nets strung between mangrove trees to catch wild shrimp and fish ...

Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 88, No. 1, Special Feature with Functional Ecology: Eco-evolutionary dynamics across scales (January 2019), pp. 102-113 (12 pages) 1. Nutritional mutualisms are one of ...

The ocean is home to countless fascinating creatures, each uniquely adapted to survive in a challenging environment. Among these, octopuses and crabs often find themselves in conflict, as octopuses ...

Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey. By Richard Kemeny In May 2023, Matteo Santon was filming cuttlefish in ...

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Invasive species can wreak havoc on an ecosystem. But in Italy, NBC New York reported that fishermen, lobbying groups, and environmentalists have agreed on a delicious solution to problems posed by ...

The clip does not show a symbiotic, or mutually beneficial, relationship between a crab and a flatworm. A video shared to social media claims to show a black, blob-like organism known as a marine ...