Compiling more than 10,000 lines of data on the waste products of aquatic animals, from lake trout to pond insects to ocean shellfish, was more time-consuming than the ecologist Michael Vanni expected ...

Animal excretion can be a significant nutrient flux within ecosystems, where it supports primary production and facilitates microbial decomposition of organic matter. The effects of excretory products ...

Bathroom humor was not only encouraged for youngsters Saturday at a Shelby Bottoms Nature Center program, it was educational. The inaugural Scat Scoot led by environmental education specialist ...

Plants and animals are made up of cells. For sustaining the life of an organism cells plays an important role. These cells work in the form of biochemical reactions which carry out all the time. These ...

The trace element zinc has an impact on the essential metabolic functions of most living organisms. New research has found that even minimal zinc deficiency impairs digestion, albeit without any ...

The misuse and over-use of antibiotics on farm animals is increasing the problem of antimicrobial resistance, or superbugs, in humans, a report prepared for the UK government has warned. The report’s ...