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Tag: fear

The Chemistry of Fear
Behavior Trophic Ecology

The Chemistry of Fear

What is scarier than a great white shark? For an oyster it is a blue crab.
October 10, 2023 Jaclyn Torkelson
Ecology of Fear: Current Implications of Orca Presence on Narwhal Behavior and Future Trends
Behavior Biological oceanography Biology Climate Change Conservation Ecology Sea Ice Trophic Ecology

Ecology of Fear: Current Implications of Orca Presence on Narwhal Behavior and Future Trends

The ecology of fear is a hypothesis that predators drive habitat use and behavior in prey species. In the Arctic,…
December 20, 2018December 24, 2018 Matthew Larsen
Intent to Bite: changing attitudes towards sharks
Sharkbites Saturday

Intent to Bite: changing attitudes towards sharks

Fear of sharks has been a long standing yet irrational notion facing beachgoers for decades. Herein we discuss how we…
August 18, 2018August 20, 2018 Carolyn Wheeler
Killing Jaws: Tackling the Idea of the Bloodthirsty Predator
Behavior Policy

Killing Jaws: Tackling the Idea of the Bloodthirsty Predator

Even though shark attacks are rare, fear of sharks has led people to support laws that kill sharks en masse.…
April 23, 2018 Kristin Huizenga
Biology Conservation Ecology

Fear and Floating in the Atlantic

Does fear of predation alter sea turtle behavior? Researchers put an ecological model to the test by using large-scale movement…
August 6, 2015 Gordon Ober

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