Mild, proactive exposure to environmental stress can help biological communities resist severe disturbances and maintain ...

Picture a primordial Earth: a world of muted browns, grays and greens. Fast forward to today, and Earth teems with a ...

Earth's journey to its colourful present began over 600 million years ago with the evolution of vision. From plant hues ...

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Our study suggests that it was partly driven by ecological pressures from their prey." Co-author Dr. Tom Stubbs said, "The timing of the shift in jaw function corresponds with the evolution of new ...

The evolution of a key innovation has also been proposed as a mechanism for organisms to exploit new resources, thus gaining access to ecological opportunity (Schluter 2000). A key innovation can ...

Program in Ecology and Evolution students receive training in the conceptual, philosophical, and historical underpinnings of ecological knowledge, as well as leadership and communication skills ...

Using mathematical modeling, researchers have discovered that rate-induced tipping, which can happen if an environment changes too fast, can happen even in Daisyworld, a simple daisy-filled ecological ...

Long Island native Robert L. Foster spent 12 years working at an environmental lobbying group and uses his experience in his ...