Herbivorous animals are vegetarians. They only eat plants. Herbivores can be very picky eaters. Scientists group these creatures by the parts of plants the herbivore eats. Frugivores only eat fruit.

Plants need water to grow. So if there's water, shouldn't there be more plants? New research shows it's a lot more complicated than that. Plants need water to grow. So if there's water, shouldn't ...

Detailed livestock models are important for land-use planning, disaster relief and food insecurity. Researchers have used dung records to create high-resolution maps of herbivore distribution around ...

Large grass-eating mammals such as yak and ibex play a crucial role in stabilising the pool of soil carbon in grazing ecosystems that are a big part of the Earth’s land surface, new research shows.