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This is a photographic case study on the Yellow-rumped Warbler. This bird is unusual among warblers in its ability to eat Bayberry seeds. This ability give is a winter food source that minimizes...
This is the resource folder for a photographic case study on the Yellow-rumped Warbler. This bird is unusual among warblers in its ability to eat Bayberry seeds. This ability give is a winter food...
A community of wildflowers growing in a restored prairie in southwestern Wisconsin. The community pictured was open to foraging by meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus), resulting in vegetation...
A female parasitoid wasp (Euplemus vuilletti) feeds on its host, a beetle larva (Callosobruchus maculatus), by puncturing the beetle's cuticle with its ovipositor. The wasp creates a feeding tube to...
The Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) feeds mostly on krill (Euphausia superba). A recent found that fur seals adjust their foraging activity to track the highly variable distribution and...
A parsnip webworm (Depressaria pastinacella) feeds on wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) in the Netherlands. Both species are native to Europe and were introduced to North America, where they exist...
The California pitcher plant (Darlingtonia californica) is a rare carnivorous plant endemic to the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon and northern California. It grows in serpentine fens, a threatened...
Red Knots (Calidris canutus) feed on bivalves that live buried in mud. Using their smart bill tip, Red Knots are able to find such hard-shelled prey very efficiently. Red Knots are highly gregarious,...
The red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus) and its host plant, common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), share a long evolutionary history. The beetle specializes on the milkweed and feeds on the...
The Bow Valley in Banff National Park, Canada, was recolonized by wolves (Canis lupus) in the mid-1980s, although wolves did not establish themselves in areas near the growing town of Banff. This...
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