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Now, researchers have demonstrated how some shoreline spiders can move mercury contamination from riverbeds up the food chain to land animals. Share: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN Email.

Plastic-Eating Mosquitoes Could Threaten Animal Food Chains. Published Sep 19, 2018 at 4:44 PM EDT. By ... This could mean that when the adult mosquitoes are eaten by animals that live on land, ...

Most people can only hold their breath for a minute or two, but some land animals have incredible lung capacity. Whether for hunting, hiding, or survival, these creatures can stay underwater far ...

The decline of large predators such as wolves and sharks is throwing food chains out of balance and contributing to the spread of disease, a report in the journal Science says.

It turns out that large sharks inadvertently carry out a sort of protection racket for animals at the bottom of the food chain. ... On land, the consequences are well-known.

Dyes widely used in the textile, food and pharmaceutical industries pose a pressing threat to plant, animal and human health, as well as natural environments around the world, a new study has found.

Radioactive contamination in freshwater mussels is potentially affecting the food chain in Pennsylvania, including iconic animals such as bald eagles and possibly even humans.

They say it "is the first demonstration that oil from the spill made it into the" food chain of land animals. The findings are published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

They say it "is the first demonstration that oil from the spill made it into the" food chain of land animals. The findings are published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

Researchers in Louisiana have discovered traces of oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the feathers of birds eaten by land animals. A team examined the feathers and digestive tract contents of ...