Most food chains start with a green plant, because plants make their own food by photosynthesis. Predators are found at the top of a food chain. A fox is a predator, and a rabbit is its prey An ...

Streetlights are brightening our nights, but they’re dimming the prospects for insects. The increasing levels of artificial ...

Now we have a simple food chain, with grass plants making food at the bottom, cows as middle predators, and then humans and coyotes as "top predators." While predators usually kill their prey to ...

Marine food webs are highly complex. Until now, researchers have been unable to understand exactly how they are affected by ...

This, in turn, could affect other species in the ecosystem, such as the predators that rely on foxes for food. One of the main differences between food chains and food webs is that food chains are ...

The return of apex predators such as sharks can restore critical ecological balance to coral reefs, creating healthier ecosystems.