Tag: Predators
The zombie company problem and what it means for our economies...
Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation
In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, why some economists...
Fences have big effects on land and wildlife around the world...
Alex McInturff, University of California Santa Barbara; Christine Wilkinson, University of California, Berkeley, and Wenjing Xu, University of California, Berkeley
What is the most common...
Why are whales big, but not bigger?
Matthew Savoca, Stanford University; Jeremy Goldbogen, Stanford University, and Nicholas Pyenson, Smithsonian Institution
Both toothed and baleen (filter-feeding) whales are among the largest animals ever...
Shark Week looms, but don’t panic
Gavin Naylor, University of Florida
Sharks elicit outsized fear, even though the risk of a shark bite is infinitesimally small. As a marine biologist and...
After a fatal shark attack on Cape Cod, will the reaction...
Carlos G. García-Quijano, University of Rhode Island
Interactions between people and animals offer insights into human culture and societies’ core values. This is especially true...
A cooler ocean predator than sharks? Consider the mantis shrimps
Thomas Cronin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
When you think about fearsome predators in the ocean, the first thing that pops into your mind is...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
