Carrying capacity” refers to the maximum number of individuals an ecosystem or specific area can sustainably support without ...

In a remarkable discovery, scientists have found that certain deep-sea spiders are not predators or scavengers as once believed, but microbial farmers. A study published in the Proceedings of the ...

When trees and soil fungi form close associations with each other, both partners benefit. Many tree species have further ...

The redwood trees that tower over the UC Santa Cruz campus are glorious manifestations of an ecosystem built on symbiotic relationships. The mighty redwoods, the iconic banana slug, the small sorrel ...

As a result, there is a significant gap in our understanding of how the microbiome affects wild vertebrate phenotypes, which may have major implications for host ecology and evolution. In this seminar ...

The symbiosis of beewolves with their bacterial helpers involves protecting the symbionts from toxic nitric oxide released by beewolf eggs to kill pathogens.

However, the dual symbiosis discovered in auger beetles is uncommon for multiple reasons. “Dual symbioses have so far only been described within the cicadas and related insects.

They usually include phylogenetically different microorganisms, and the second symbiont usually replaces eroded metabolic capabilities of the older symbiont,” explains Martin Kaltenpoth, head of the ...