1. The solitary sheetweb spider Pityohyphantes phrygianus (Araneae: Linyphiidae) lives in canopies of coniferous trees. Earlier studies in Scandinavia have shown that bird predation affects the spider ...
Bird feeders can be a genuine help for songbirds, especially during cold snaps and snow cover when their natural food gets ...
Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...
Scientists say they have observed one of the highest-altitude acts of bird predation ever recorded. By Jason Bittel In January 2023, scientists attached tracking devices to eight grey plovers on the ...
It was once believed that roads posed no problem to birds because of their ability to fly. A new study finds that they can find these human-made structures problematic, especially small, ...
Skutch hypothesized that nest predators visually assess parental activities to locate a prey nest, whereas parents modify fitness-related traits to reduce the probability of nest predation. We ...