The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning points in our ...

Learn more about kleptoparasitism and how animals adjust to it when their food sources are scarce.

A committee-supported project or activity that has been completed and for which output dissemination has begun. Its committee has been disbanded and closeout procedures are underway. An ad hoc ...

An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Academies to explore heritable genetic modifications of food animals. This committee will address methods for heritable genetic modifications and identify ...