Its “large” eyes scanned the surrounding forest, but it wasn’t the only one looking around. Passing scientists spotted the animal — and discovered a new species. Researchers hiked into ...

Joshua Buttleman discovered a large pile of dead animals in the Manistee National Forest on Sunday. Among them, over a dozen ...

He uses mechanistic models — essentially computer simulations — to explore how large animals impact ecosystems, and how things like forest structure and nutrient distribution would change if they went ...

So, forests became unnaturally overgrown and ... At the other end of the spectrum, large animals like elk will flee to streams or lakes for protection. Other animals, on the other hand, aren ...