Now, scientists at UNSW Sydney have shown that overgrazing can disrupt the desert food webs that exist between dead plant material, termites and animals that rely on termites as their main food ...

Animals use different strategies—some drink daily, others extract moisture from food or store it in their bodies. Many species are nocturnal to avoid daytime heat. The desert's food web is ...

Resettlement of indigenous communities resulted in the spread of invasive species, the absence of human-set fires, and a general cascade in the interconnected food web that led to the largest ...