Animal movement ecology seeks to understand why, how and where animals move across landscapes and seascapes, integrating behavioural, physiological and environmental drivers. Biotelemetry techniques ...

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. — An ecology center on Long Island is coming under fire for a lack of staff and alleged animal neglect. The Holtsville Ecology Center is run by the Town of Brookhaven. Admission is ...

A research team has shed new light on the importance of plant roots for below-ground life, particularly in the tropics. Millions of small creatures toiling in a single hectare of soil including ...

Animal personality concerns consistent individual differences in behaviour that persist across time and contexts, influencing survival, reproduction and social interactions. Behavioral ecology ...

Researchers have been dreaming of an Internet of Animals. They’re getting closer to monitoring 100,000 creatures—and revealing hidden facets of our shared world. There was something strange about the ...

How do city residents feel about animals in their immediate surroundings? A recent study published in the Journal of Urban Ecology by the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the University of Jena ...

Designing roads with wildlife in mind is an idea whose time hasn’t come soon enough: nearly a million animals are killed on roads every day, just in the U.S., and this sobering statistic is very ...

Anecdotes abound of wildlife behaving “drunk” after eating fermented fruits, but despite this, nonhuman consumption of ethanol has been assumed to be rare and accidental. Ecologists challenge this ...

A host of tree mammal species, including opossums, two-toed sloths and wild cats, have been found sharing a latrine in the forest canopy. Jeremy Quirós-Navarro, an independent ecologist in Costa Rica ...

This integrative study area allows students to investigate the relationships of organisms to their environment and those factors that affect their distribution and abundance. Both the practical and ...