The study of animal behaviour in ecological and evolutionary contexts examines how behavioural traits develop, persist and interact with environmental challenges. Research in this field investigates ...

Scientists have shed new light on the genomic foundation of the polar bear's ecological adaption by pinpointing rapid changes in the bear's gene copy numbers in response to a diet shifting from ...

Due to the success of the original Research Topic, we have decided to launch a Volume II of Gut Microbiota's Role in ...

Ecology and Society, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Mar 2017) (29 pages) ABSTRACT. The paper analyzes how adaptability (adaptive capacity and adaptations) is constructed in the literature on resilience of ...

The species composition and morphological and functional traits of ecological systems are compared. The significance of the resulting relationship is interpreted considering the underlying spatial ...

BGI Genomics, in collaboration with Southwest University, the State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, and other partners, has constructed a high-resolution pangenome dataset representing ...

Dr Maria Santacà describes how not only how fish and birds perceive their worlds, but also how ecological pressures shape the ...

Thanks to five mass extinctions, about 99 percent of all animal species have come and gone from the face of the earth.During many of these events, life took the greatest hit where it probably began: ...

Prior research has produced mixed results on the question of animals and their susceptibility to optical illusions, per the ...

"Mismatch in the timing." Researchers make alarming discovery after studying animals' 'antifreeze' superpower: 'Could be ...

QUEENSLAND, Australia (WKRC/CBS Newspath) - Australian park rangers believe they have stumbled upon a record-setting giant toad deep inside a rainforest in the country’s state of Queensland. Dubbed ...