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Bigger, faster, but still outfoxed: How prey escape predators
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Bigger, faster, but still outfoxed: How prey escape predators

phys.org·University of Amsterdam·about 1 month ago
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Predators are typically larger, faster, and more powerful than the animals they hunt. Yet in nature, most attacks fail. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, by researchers from the University of Amsterdam Institute…

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Protist predator-prey interaction: Lacrymaria vs Halteria

Reddit r/biology·u/diremouse·about 1 month ago
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Footage of a predator–prey interaction between ciliates. *Lacrymaria olor* uses its highly extendable neck to probe the environment and capture prey like *Halteria*, which can rapidly jump to evade predators.…

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Could it have too many tigers? Why Madhya Pradesh is facing this question
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Could it have too many tigers? Why Madhya Pradesh is facing this question

The Indian Express·Jay Mazoomdaar·about 1 month ago
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The size of a forest’s tiger population depends on the availability of prey animals. MP has seen fastest rise in tiger numbers in the country, even as shrinking natural corridors hampers dispersal

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How extinction of giant ice age beasts could still affect food chains
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How extinction of giant ice age beasts could still affect food chains

The Independent·Harry Cockburn·about 1 month ago
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Loss of species including mammoths, saber-tooth cats and direwolves has had long-lasting impacts and could tell us how biodiversity loss today could shape the natural world

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Atlantic Forest's top predator faces a hidden collapse, and protected areas are no longer enough
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Atlantic Forest's top predator faces a hidden collapse, and protected areas are no longer enough

phys.org·FAPESP·about 1 month ago
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In addition to habitat loss and illegal hunting, the jaguar (Panthera onca) faces another threat that increases its risk of extinction in the South American Atlantic Forest: food scarcity.…

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Camera Traps Reveal Iberian Lynxes Soaking Their Prey, a First-Ever Discovery Among Carnivores
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Camera Traps Reveal Iberian Lynxes Soaking Their Prey, a First-Ever Discovery Among Carnivores

Smithsonian Magazine·Sahas Mehra·about 1 month ago
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Scientists speculate that the wild cats are trying to improve hydration or ease their cubs’ transition to solid food. The finding points to resilience in one of the world’s most endangered felines

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Why early humans radically changed their toolkits 200,000 years ago
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Why early humans radically changed their toolkits 200,000 years ago

New Scientist·#author.fullName}·about 1 month ago
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A decline in ancient megafauna in the Middle East coincided with a shift towards smaller, lighter toolkits in the archaeological record – though scientists are still in debate about why

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