A new study argues that the greatest defining feature of our species is not 'symbolism' or dramatic cognitive change but rather its unique ecological position as a global 'generalist specialist'. The ...
In a new study published in Communications Biology, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and the University of Giessen show that the adaptation of antlions to their ...
A SUPERB example illustrating the ecological niche is afforded by the distribution of the plankton copepod Limnocalanus macrurus, a freshwater relict derived from the marine arctic species L.