Herbivores are those animals that mainly consume plant food. The animals form a backbone to global ecosystems since they determine the landscapes, recycle nutrients, disperse seeds, and ensure the ...

Herbivorous animals are vegetarians. They only eat plants. Herbivores can be very picky eaters. Scientists group these creatures by the parts of plants the herbivore eats. Frugivores only eat fruit.

The advent of chewing by a group of herbivores 260 million years ago may have signaled one of the first great bursts of vertebrate life on land, say paleontologists from University of Toronto and Duke ...

There are two forms of aquaculture, one that is sustainable, herbivore-oriented, small industry, small enterprise, and the other that is industrial oriented, carnivorous, and is usually large ...

Everyone grows up knowing the difference between herbivore, carnivore, and to a lesser extent, omnivore animals. That's especially the case if you happen to have been into dinosaurs at an early age, ...

Life has two choices: Survive or go extinct. And surviving isn't easy. Scientists often debate why species become specialized or generalized in regard to their diet. Specialist species may be better ...

A red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag, in Freyr forest, near Han-sur-Lesse, Belgium. Red deer can prevent the regeneration of forest. Whether this is seen as negative or positive may depend on both the ...

What do large herbivores like elephants and zebras eat? And if – as researchers assumed — they eat many of the same things, then how do they share the spread of grasses and other plants across the ...

Herbivorous mammals have bigger bellies than their usually slim carnivorous counterparts, an international study based on 3D reconstructions of animal skeletons reveals for the first time. In ...

Introducing herds of large herbivores in the Arctic would disturb surface snow, allowing cold air to reach the ground and keep the permafrost frosty. The Arctic’s permafrost is melting—and fast.

Interestingly, carnivorous fish like tuna, salmon, and swordfish don’t fall under this “humans don’t eat carnivores” rule. These fish primarily eat other animals – smaller fish, crustaceans, and squid ...