ITHACA, New York, May 13 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * David Lodge, ecologist and Cornell Atkinson director, to retire * David Lodge, an ecologist whose storied career has included protecting the Great Lakes, pioneering eDNA use in aquatic environments, and leading the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, is retiring as director of Cornell Atkinson May 22. Lodge will retain his appointment as a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at  more

BOCHUM, Germany, May 13 -- The University in Bochum issued the following news release: * * * How Water Fleas Detect Their Predators * When water fleas grow up in the vicinity of predators, they change their body shape. Crowns of thorns or large heads make them more difficult to eat. Researchers in Bochum provide insight into the underlying mechanisms. Daphnia, also known as water fleas, are artists of defense: When their predators live nearby, the water fleas change their body structure to   more