In a recent study published in the Cell Host & Microbe Journal, researchers explored commensalism and pathogenesis relationships in the human mycobiome. Study: One population, multiple lifestyles: ...

Humans present a strong evolutionary force, driving the trajectories of several animal and plant species closely associated with them, called commensals or synanthropes (Matisoo-Smith, 2009; Zeder, ...

A new study in Biology Letters demonstrates that altering the relationship between a predator and its prey can cause wide-ranging ripple effects through an ecosystem, including unexpected extinctions.

Organisms both cooperate and compete in ecosystems. When they have close and long-term interactions, their relationship is known as symbiosis. In symbiosis, at least one member of the pair benefits ...

I had the pleasant opportunity to volunteer for several hours the other week in Connie’s 3rd Grade class at Ocean Shore School. It never ceases to amaze me that after four years of college and ...

(1) Three Vaccinium species each in turn dominate a section of a gradient of light and temperature, with some overlap: V. uliginosum (ULI) dominates tundra sites, V. angustifolium (ANG) open but ...

The site of settlement of barnacles (Balanus improvisus) attached on shells of bluemussels (Mytilus edulis) was mapped from a sample of mussels collected in the Baltic Sea. Most barnacles had settled ...

Peptide YY (PYY), a hormone produced by gut endocrine cells that was already known to control appetite, also plays an important role in maintaining the balance of fungi in the digestive system of ...