The human population explosion, soaring from 1.6 billion to more than 6 billion during the 20th century, has had a profound impact on global environments and biodiversity. However, large mammalian ...

Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores—but how? What type of food did extinct vertebrates eat? And how can we gain insight into the diets of these creatures? In ...

A University of Arizona study has uncovered a surprising relationship between an animal's body temperature and its likelihood of evolving into an herbivore. The study, published Monday in the journal ...

Foraging ecology of mammalian herbivores examines how anatomy, physiology and behaviour interact to determine diet selection, intake rates and habitat use. Central to this field is the recognition ...

Researchers have shed light on the life of the ancient reptile Rhynchosaur, which walked the earth between 250-225 million years ago, before being replaced by the dinosaurs. A team of researchers from ...

For most, animal dung may appear unassuming. But Bethan Littleford-Colquhoun, a molecular ecologist at the University of Bath, couldn’t disagree more. Rather, she views animal dung as “an incredible ...

A new study using Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) has reclassified previously indeterminate faunal remains from a Neanderthal site, revealing a more varied diet than earlier believed. The ...