Faculative mutualism is where species derive benefits from their relationship but could survive without each other Here are eight examples of mutualistic relationships.

And although I love all these things, I like to celebrate by going for a walk because nature is exuberantly queer. As attacks on queer rights have intensified, you might have noticed that a common ...

Sara Horowitz, founder of Freelancers Union, on the crisis of work, the collapse of the safety net, and a vision for a better way forward.

We couldn't have figs without wasps. Here's how mutualism works. A form of symbiosis, mutualism is an interaction between two individuals that benefits both—and it’s widespread across the ...

In this case, mutualism is broken as an evolutionary solution to avoid extinction. The results of this study have been recently published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.

The art that fills the “Glorious” Mutualism exhibit celebrates the interrelationships between plants, animals and humans. Curator Erika Lawlor Schmidt hoped that artists would explore the world of ...

Mutualism is a libertarian form of market socialism. It is most associated with Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the first person to call himself an anarchist. However, he did not invent the term but rather ...

Mutualism: Fungus Found That Needs Bacteria In Cytoplasm To Reproduce Date: April 6, 2007 Source: Cell Press Summary: Endosymbiotic relationships -- in which one organism lives within another ...

The analysis of a termite entombed for 100 million years in an ancient piece of amber has revealed the oldest example of "mutualism" ever discovered between an animal and microorganism, and also ...

Noteworthy, mutualism reduces the effective interspecific competition only when the direct interspecific competition is weaker than a critical value.