Predation, herbivory, and parasitism are specific types of antagonistic interactions. In predation, one organism kills and consumes another. Predation provides energy to prolong the life and ...

More recently, scientists have discovered that predation can also influence the size of the prey population by acting as a top-down control. In reality, the interaction between these two forms of ...

The Ediacaran-Cambrian transition, occurring approximately 540 million years ago, marked a dramatic diversification of life. Animal diversity expanded alongside novel burrowing strategies and ...

More than 10 million schooling capelin were devoured by cod collecting off the coast of Norway within just a few hours in what's claimed to be the largest predatory slaughter ever recorded. Making a ...

Ghost crabs were responsible for the loss of nearly 30% of flatback turtle hatchlings at Thevenard Island, near Onslow on the northwest coast of Australia, according to new research published in ...

Scharfstein, David S., and Patrick Bolton. "A Theory of Predation Based on Agency Problems in Financial Contracting." American Economic Review 80, no. 1 (March 1990).

In just a few hours, nearly 10.5 million capelin were devoured in a massive predation scene, the largest ever documented, covering an impressive area. Despite the scale of this event, this school ...

Boettke, Peter J. and Candela, Rosolino 2019. Productive Specialization, Peaceful Cooperation, and the Problem of the Predatory State: Lessons From Comparative Historical Political Economy. SSRN ...