Science News for Kids » predators http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 18 May 2013 19:04:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A plant enemy’s enemy http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/a-plant-enemys-enemy/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/a-plant-enemys-enemy/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:52:04 +0000 Jill Richardson http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16267 When eaten by caterpillars, some plants can emit chemicals that signal the help of special wasps. Once called, a wasp lays its egg inside a caterpillar. Credit: Ted Turlings

Plants use chemicals to recruit help in fighting off pests]]> When eaten by caterpillars, some plants can emit chemicals that signal the help of special wasps. Once called, a wasp lays its egg inside a caterpillar. Credit: Ted Turlings

Plants use chemicals to recruit help in fighting off pests]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/a-plant-enemys-enemy/feed/ 0 Predators as climate helpers http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/predators-as-climate-helpers/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/predators-as-climate-helpers/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:25:52 +0000 Janet Raloff http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15697 This freshwater stickleback eats the tiny animals in stream water that graze on plants and algae. This predation allows those plants and algae to collect and store carbon, rather than letting it escape into the atmosphere. Credit: Nicole Bedford, UBC

In lakes and streams, fish and insects can help protect aquatic plants that gobble up greenhouse gas]]> This freshwater stickleback eats the tiny animals in stream water that graze on plants and algae. This predation allows those plants and algae to collect and store carbon, rather than letting it escape into the atmosphere. Credit: Nicole Bedford, UBC

In lakes and streams, fish and insects can help protect aquatic plants that gobble up greenhouse gas]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/predators-as-climate-helpers/feed/ 0 Strong and slimy http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/scientists-spin-threads-from-snotlike-secretions-of-hagfish/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/scientists-spin-threads-from-snotlike-secretions-of-hagfish/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:31:25 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15314 Scientist Atsuko Negishi holds a hagfish in one hand and its slime in the other. She studies the ooze in the lab of materials scientist David Fudge, at far right. Credit: Andra Zommers/University of Guelph

Scientists spin threads from snotlike secretions of hagfish]]> Scientist Atsuko Negishi holds a hagfish in one hand and its slime in the other. She studies the ooze in the lab of materials scientist David Fudge, at far right. Credit: Andra Zommers/University of Guelph

Scientists spin threads from snotlike secretions of hagfish]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/01/scientists-spin-threads-from-snotlike-secretions-of-hagfish/feed/ 0 Threatened coral get fishy rescue http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/threatened-coral-get-fishy-rescue/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/threatened-coral-get-fishy-rescue/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:00:08 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15042 When toxic seaweed (green at right) gets too close to a type of coral (yellow structure), this fish, a broad-barred goby (Gobiodon histrio), responds to a distress signal sent by the coral and nibbles the seaweed away. Credit: Danielle Dixson

When toxic seaweed gets too close to this coral, gobies fight and bite back ]]> When toxic seaweed (green at right) gets too close to a type of coral (yellow structure), this fish, a broad-barred goby (Gobiodon histrio), responds to a distress signal sent by the coral and nibbles the seaweed away. Credit: Danielle Dixson

When toxic seaweed gets too close to this coral, gobies fight and bite back ]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/threatened-coral-get-fishy-rescue/feed/ 0