Previous research on the effect of wolves on the food web has been criticized, raising questions about the predator’s role in ...

A new peer-reviewed study reports that claims of a “world-leading” trophic cascade in Yellowstone National Park are not supported, citing problems with the methods used in earlier research. A newly pu ...

Scientists debunk decades-long study claiming wolves' reintroduction triggered a dramatic transformation in Yellowstone.

BILLINGS – Following the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995-97, the regrowth of aspen trees became a worldwide story, highlighting the importance of large predators. The ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new analysis of the extinction of woolly mammoths and other large mammals more than 10,000 years ago suggests that they may have fallen victim to the same type of "trophic cascade" ...

John P. DeLong, Benjamin Gilbert, Jonathan B. Shurin, Van M. Savage, Brandon T. Barton, Christopher F. Clements, Anthony I. Dell, Hamish S. Greig, Christopher D. G ...

Trait evolution in predator–prey systems can feed back to the dynamics of interacting species as well as cascade to impact the dynamics of indirectly linked species (eco-evolutionary trophic cascades; ...

STONY BROOK, NY, July 6, 2010 - A compendium on trophic cascades and how they operate in the world's major ecosystems has been published for the first time. The term "trophic cascades" refers to the ...

A new paradigm has been developed for describing trophic cascades caused by infectious agents. When gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, they sparked a resurgence of aspen trees ...