A study of wild African herbivores offers new insight into how environmental conditions—not just diet and anatomy—can ...

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.

Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores -- but how? What type of food did extinct vertebrates eat? And how can we gain insight into the diets of these creatures? In ...

Detailed livestock models are important for land-use planning, disaster relief and food insecurity. Researchers have used dung records to create high-resolution maps of herbivore distribution around ...

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, ...

Although scientists often worry most about the loss of the world’s predators, a comprehensive new study finds that plant-eating herbivores are the animals most at risk of extinction. About one in four ...

A newly discovered 300-million-year-old meat-eating mammal ancestor is the oldest known member of a line that gave rise to rhinoceros-size herbivores. The lizardlike animal, dubbed Eocasea martini, ...

(CN) — Bears curled up in their dens as the year’s first snow falls is the classic picture of hibernation. Did it start with bears? No. In a new report, scientists say the tusks of an animal that ...

Researchers have used dung records to create high-resolution maps of herbivore distribution around the world. Their new study, recently published in Nature Food, reveals a strong positive relationship ...