Science news articles about 'prey animals'

  • Ultra-fast suction traps leave no chance for prey animals

    ... genus of carnivorous plants. They catch and digest prey animals, mainly small crustaceans, with millimetre ... plants. Researchers have now investigated the biophysical details of this prey capture mechanism for the first time ...
  • Giant flying reptiles preferred to walk

    ... , reaching down to grab and pick up animals and other prey.” Animals like azhdarchids no longer ... were strikingly different from mud-probers and animals that grab prey from the water’s surface while in flight ...
  • Photos reveal Myanmar's large and small predators

    ... living in the core area. Estimating numbers of prey animals such as gaur and sambar may give an indication ... areas across the country were supplemented by the examination of animal remains found in villages and markets. The researchers found that some species ...
  • Cooperation Among Prey Animals - Biology Part 5

    ... reproduction. It is this level of cooperation that has also given rise to many animals living in groups or participating in group arrangements. While there are many animals that are asocial, there are also a significant number that regularly interact and form groups of varying sizes ...
  • Greater Yellowstone elk-wolf study shows elk having fewer calves due to changes in nutrition

    ... said. "This research shows that the total effect of a predator on prey numbers can be larger than one would determine simply ... of lions, spotted hyenas and a diverse array of prey animals on a Maasai Community Conservation Area ...
  • Chicken-hearted tyrants

    ... instead of fearless hunter of much bigger prey? "Animals such as Tyrannosaurus are often seen as the perfect ... old and sick animals or unexperienced young individuals," states Hone. "These are an easy prey to bring ...
  • University of Hawaii at Manoa oceanographers examine mercury levels of pelagic fish in Hawaii

    ... mercury levels relative to more surface-dwelling prey animals. This is important knowledge for scientists studying ... levels of these fish were measured, along with an analysis of animals in their stomachs. The authors found that while the sex of a fish ...
  • Research suggests volcanoes nixed Neanderthals

    ... Neanderthal bones, stone tools, and the bones of prey animals have been found in the geological layers below the second ... , "possibly resulting in the mass death of hominins and prey animals and the severe alteration of foraging zones ...
  • Birds and mammals ate our ancestors

    Early humans may have evolved as prey animals rather than as predators, suggest the remains of our prehistoric primate ancestors that were devoured by hungry birds and carnivorous mammals.
  • Canadian Study Finds That Seasonal Influences Help Guide Cougar Prey Selection

    As predators, cougars tend to select prey animals that are weaker and easier to attack during certain seasons, according to results of a new study.
  • Seasonal influences help guide cougar prey selection

    As predators, cougars tend to select prey animals that are weaker and easier to attack during certain seasons, according to results of a new study.
  • How visual cues help us understand bodily motion

    ... human, a potentially dangerous predator, or even a prey animal," says Troje. "For that purpose, we need a detection mechanism that is independent of the particular shape of an animal." Parsing these effects can help us understand ...
  • Eat, prey, rain

    ... ? A mathematical formula that describes the population dynamics of such prey animals as gazelles and their predators has been used to model the relationship ... Laboratory, Colorado, found that equations for modeling prey-predator cycles in the animal world were a handy analogy ...
  • Big-mouthed babies drove the evolution of giant island snakes

    ... for correlations between snake size at birth and the size of prey animals available on each island. He ... on each island," Aubret said. As predicted, where prey animals were bigger, newborn snakes were bigger ...
  • Zooarchaeological study indicating hominids already practiced sophisticated hunting techniques in East Asia

    ... characteristics and nutritional values of the large-sized prey animals and can accordingly take different processing and handling strategies at the hunting site, as reported in the journal of Science ...

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