The fossilised remains of Huadanosaurus sinensis – a newly identified compsognathid-like theropod dinosaur – were found in ...

These prey species are pollinators of the plants ... In a trophic cascade, predators induce effects that cascade down the food chain and affect biomass of organisms at least two links away ...

Predators are found at the top of a food chain. A fox is a predator, and a rabbit is its prey An owl is a predator, and a mouse is its prey An animal is often both a predator and prey The ...

Scientists speak of the phenomenon of a trophic cascade when the change in prevalence of a top predator leads to changes across all levels of the food chain below them. With the loss of the sharks, ...

A long time ago, strange predators roamed the Caribbean — not just birds and snakes, but land-dwelling crocodiles that ...

Fossilised remains of newly identified dinosaur species and mammal suggest they were both predator and quarry to each other.

Of course, the cows themselves are prey to other animals, like humans and coyotes. Now we have a simple food chain, with grass plants making food at the bottom, cows as middle predators ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in northeastern China has revealed a twisted prehistoric food chain – a dinosaur species ... highlight a complex predator-prey dynamic between dinosaurs and mammals ...

What is uncontested is that the disappearance of any apex predator from any food chain impacts their prey populations. Apex predators play a crucial role in maintaining ecosystem balance by ...