Not all animals rely on meat for survival. From gentle giants to tiny herbivores, these creatures thrive on plants, fruits, and leaves. Discover 10 animals that are strictly herbivores. Elephants are ...

Terrestrial isopods are soil detritivores involved in decomposition and nutrient cycling. Due to this functional role, several studies were dedicated to understand isopods’ nutritional requirements ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. Insulin resistance is a heritable risk factor ...

1 Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology (DBIOS), University of Turin, Turin, Italy 2 Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP) – National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy Dung ...

A major challenge in robotics is training robots to perform new tasks without the massive effort of collecting and labeling datasets for every new task and environment. Recent research efforts from ...

If you’ve noticed your dog eating poop, you wonder if there’s a nutritional deficiency or mental problem causing this behavior. You may find it upsetting, but it may just be normal canine nature. So ...

In the wild, animals do whatever it takes to survive. Unlike humans, who pick and choose their meals, animals simply follow their instincts– even when it means doing things that seem strange to us, ...

University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. When miniature dachshund Valerie was captured after 529 days alone in the wilds of Australia’s Kangaroo Island, ...

IN a previous communication 1 it was mentioned that there were significant differences in ash content between the ordinary ‘day’ faeces of the rabbit and the softer ‘night’ type obtained when ...

Feces don’t get enough credit as food. The stinky stuff is not just an end product after food gets eaten, digested and finally discarded by animal guts. Poop can also be something nutritious, useful ...