Habits are often seen as automatic and inflexible behaviors. But a new study, published in Evolution Letters, suggests that ...

Ecologists have long sought clarity on the dietary habits of different animal species. For scientists at Brown University and the National Park Service, it wasn't obvious how herbivores in Yellowstone ...

A positive-thinking bison, oryx or black bear has a better chance of a full belly and long-term health than a neutral-thinking or pessimistic one according to newly published research from Tal Avgar ...

Foraging animals face complex multi-destination routing problems as they move between food sites. By locating routes that strategically connect biologically meaningful locations across space, animals ...

When animals prefer to make efforts to obtain food instead of acquiring it from freely available sources, they exhibit what is called contrafreeloading. In experimental tests, an individual animal can ...

Discover the delicious meals of spring in this fishing adventure. Join us as we explore the best spots for catching catfish, including blue catfish and flathead catfish. Experience the outdoors with ...

This video captures the beauty of simple provincial living through the traditional practice of foraging kuskusileng in the rice fields. Experience a slower pace of life, close to nature, where local ...

Jessica Carew Kraft uses her teeth to grip the stem of a Himalayan blackberry plant as she twists the stem into cord Sept. 19 in Berkeley, Calif. Kraft is an author and forager of wild edibles. (Aric ...

At first glance, the Sahara Desert looks devoid of any life, and that’s a logical inference given the region’s astronomical daytime temperatures. But a closer look at the ground reveals quite the ...

A new model for animal foraging considered 'valence-dependent optimism bias' -- a lopsided learning process in which information about bad outcomes is discounted or ignored. The model shows that when ...

Brown University ecologists teamed with National Park Service scientists in Yellowstone to answer a vexing question about how different wildlife species find enough to eat PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown ...