Male guppies exposed to predators in the wild or in captivity have heavier brains than those living in relatively predator-free conditions, according to new res...
A new study published in the journal Endangered Species Research has revealed that juvenile Whale Sharks swim to Madagascar, a newly-identified hotspot for thes...
Tagging in Southern California and Mexico shows most shark deaths due to unintentional capture in fishing gear, highlighting value of best practices that suppor...
The Common Sturgeon Acipenser sturio is a long-lived fish, surviving to well over 100 years of age, reaching more than 3.4m in length and growing to over 300kgs...
In the evolutionary arms race between bats and their insect prey, some moths have developed ears to detect echolocating bats and avoid being caught. Conversely,...
Evolutionary History
Spiders are the most specious group of venomous animals on the planet, and arguably the most successful terrestrial predators, except for...
If you were to hear the term “ecological Armageddon,” what would you think of? The extinction of the dinosaurs? Perhaps the plight of one of numerous endangered...
As any professional ecologist will know, completing field surveys for protected species invariably means looking for faeces/prints/signs, rather than achieving ...
When someone mentions parental care in the animal kingdom, birds and mammals are probably the organisms than spring to most people’s minds first, and it’s most ...
