Search Results for "chemical ecology"
You are what you eat?
publishingTrue water bugs use their highly specialized mouthparts to inject venom into their prey. Different species are known to co-exist in the same habitat and a new study in Proceedings B examined the impact of their ecological niche on venom composition. Co-author Maike Laura Fischer from the Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, tells us more about the study.
Preying dangerously: lizards vs spiders
publishingNew research published in Royal Society Open Science investigates black widow venom resistance in lizards.