To obtain resources, find mates, and find shelter, animals must traverse an area. The total area that animals travel to fulfill their needs is called its home range. Animals often have familiarity with their home ranges to better forage and hide or escape from predators. An animal’s home range can be occupied by a single… Read more

              One fundamental part of ecology is an ecosystem. An ecosystem refers to all the living, or biotic, things within an environment, like plants and fungi; it also considers all the nonliving, or abiotic things within the environment, like water and soil. In an ecosystem, energy flows as a system from prey to predator. This… Read more