A Natural History of the World's Spiders," author Ximena Nelson examines three species of spider with unusual diets — plants, ...

Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions. While mutualism is highly complex, it can be roughly broken down into two types of ...

The Lotka-Volterra model with linear functional responses provided little theoretical foundation for the population dynamics of mutualism. May (1976) explicitly stated: "Lotka-Volterra models ...

Here's a rare example of mutualism in the United States.: coyotes and badgers. You might have seen photos of this surprising pairing traveling together in the night or walking side by side through ...

Mutualism: In a mutualism, both partners benefit from the relationship. Many coral reefs have "cleaning stations" where some species of fish remove parasites from other fish. The cleaner fish get ...

Current “brain training” programs often focus on the repetitive practice of narrow skill sets. However, this research ...

This alliance is an example of mutualism, a form of symbiosis, an intimate relationship between different organisms whose survival depends on one another. Other examples include bacteria that ...

New research shows that varied cognitive training, rather than repetitive tasks, helps older adults improve working memory.

A recent study published in the journal Intelligence offers promising insights into cognitive enhancement for older adults.

The theory is that we face two crises—climate change and the rapid loss of biodiversity—and that the same patch of land might ...

The researchers observed that varied practice, not repetition, primed older adults to learn a new working memory task. Their ...

Army ants often view spiders as food and eat them alive. However, the insects’ interactions with tarantulas unfold much ...