This type of change is the result of a really cool phenomenon known as a trophic cascade. It’s an indirect effect predators have that extends downwards through the food web. In this context, wolves ...

Trophic cascades are powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems. Trophic cascades occur when predators limit the density and/or behavior of their prey and thereby enhance ...

All organisms in an ecosystem are interconnected, and any imbalance in this complex relationship can have irreversible ...

The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in the 1990s triggered a remarkable ecological recovery by ...

Trophic cascades, the effects of predators on herbivores and plants, have long been a topic of ecological interest. The study quantifies the strength of this phenomenon for the first time using ...

As some conservationists and researchers begin to return large carnivores to areas where they once roamed, scientists intensify efforts to study the ecological roles of predators. A series of rodent ...

Independent of the initial experimental abiotic conditions and the dominating copepod species, zooplankton caused order-of-magnitude changes in microbial functional groups in a clear community-wide ...

Trophic cascades are powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems. Trophic cascades occur when predators limit the density and/or behavior of their prey and thereby enhance ...

Russell is a Science Writer with IFLScience and has a PhD in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology.

The release of gray wolves in Yellowstone decades ago still stands as one of the few examples of a predator reintroduction, and the lessons learned continue to be debated. New projects aim to do it ...