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Wolves, moose and biodiversity: An unexpected connection

Wolves, moose and biodiversity: An unexpected connection

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Moose eat plants; wolves kill moose. What difference does this classic predator-prey interaction make to biodiversity?


Water webs connect spiders, residents in Southwest

Water webs connect spiders, residents in Southwest

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you are a cricket and it is a dry season on the San Pedro River in Arizona, on your nighttime ramblings to eat leaves, you are more likely to be ambushed by thirsty wolf spiders, or so ...


In the turf war against seaweed, coral reefs more resilient than expected

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

There's little doubt that coral reefs the world over face threats on many fronts: pollution, diseases, destructive fishing practices and warming oceans. But reefs appear to be more resistant to one potential menace - seaweed ...


Stopping an invasion at the water's edge

Exotic plant species are more widespread than native on Boston Harbor Islands

Biology / Ecology

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent findings by a team of Northeastern University ecologists studying plant life on the Boston Harbor Islands may advance societal efforts to stem the damage caused by invading exotic ...


Native Lizards Evolve to Escape Attacks by Fire Ants

Native Lizards Evolve to Escape Attacks by Fire Ants

Biology /

created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Penn State Assistant Professor of Biology Tracy Langkilde has shown that native fence lizards in the southeastern United States are adapting to potentially fatal invasive fire-ant attacks ...