Endosymbiotic relationships -- in which one organism lives within another -- are striking examples of mutualism, and can often significantly shape the biology of the participant species. In new ...

Nature is full of surprises, but nothing is more mind-blowing than how some animals form life-saving partnerships to thrive together. This is called mutualism, and it's often anything but ordinary. In ...

A golden crown flying fox, one of many species of bats, is a keystone species that helps fertilize the forest with its droppings. Keystone species helps define an entire ecosystem Without keystone ...

The symbiosis of two different species allows both to survive in environments they might not be able to colonise otherwise. The fungus provides a suitable environment for its partnering species of ...

I’ve always loved the concept of symbiosis as a beneficial relationship between two organisms. That is the example we use in our fourth grade winter adaptation program with the Clark’s nutcracker and ...

Organisms both cooperate and compete in ecosystems. When they have close and long-term interactions, their relationship is known as symbiosis. In symbiosis, at least one member of the pair benefits ...

I had the pleasant opportunity to volunteer for several hours the other week in Connie’s 3rd Grade class at Ocean Shore School. It never ceases to amaze me that after four years of college and ...

Fifty million years before humankind began farming, ancient ants were already in the agriculture business. Over time, leafcutter ants have evolved a complex system of agriculture in their nests, ...

Darwinian natural selection is a gradual process of change produced by random mutations followed by competitive selection. However, extant species indicate that some evolutionary changes have been ...