Previous research on the effect of wolves on the food web has been criticized, raising questions about the predator’s role in ...

Trophic cascades are powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems. Trophic cascades occur when predators limit the density and/or behavior of their prey and thereby enhance ...

Forever chemicals or PFAS double in concentration as they move up the food chain, increasing risks for top predators.

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A new study reveals the profound ecological effects of wolves and other large carnivores in Yellowstone National Park, showcasing the cascading effects predators can have on ecosystems. In Yellowstone ...

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Ancient oceans teemed with massive marine reptiles, some over ten metres long. These creatures occupied a previously unknown ...

BILLINGS – The theory was exciting and quickly grabbed headlines. Fifteen years after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, some scientists pointed to the resurgence of aspen ...

A new analysis challenges one of the most publicized claims about Yellowstone's wolves. In a detailed comment published in Global Ecology and Conservation, researchers from Utah State University and ...

In ecology, the trophic level is the position that an organism occupies in a food chain - what it eats, and what eats it. Wildlife biologists look at a natural "economy of energy" that ultimately ...

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