Food chains show interconnected food webs. Find out more with BBC Bitesize. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

In ecology, the food chain is a hierarchical classification of different predators and prey that usually reflects the ecological trophic levels. The food web, on the other hand, is a networked ...

Food Web Definition The concept of a food web, previously known as a food cycle, is typically credited to Charles Elton, who first introduced it in his book Animal Ecology, published in 1927. He ...

Impact of Non-Native Terrestrial Mammals on the Structure of the Terrestrial Mammal Food Web of Newfoundland, Canada. PLoS ONE, 2014; 9 (8): e106264 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106264 ...

“The impact on larger animals at the top of food chains - which depend on energy passed up from lower down the food chain - could be severe. More research is needed.” The climate crisis means ...

A zoo in northern Denmark is asking pet owners to donate their unwanted guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens and even small horses ...

Animals that are hunted and eaten are prey, and these are consumed by predators. The final consumer at the top of the food chain is called a top (or apex) predator and is not eaten by anything else.