Fossil findings of insect feeding damage on plants are evidence that insects have been using plants as a food source for more than 400 million years. Researchers led by Roy Kirsch and Yannick Pauchet ...

The coffee-eating elephants developed a unique microbial community. Specifically, researchers found a surge in Acinetobacter bacteria—a group known for hanging out on coffee beans—suggesting the beans ...

The study also found that these elephants had a more diverse mix of gut microbes, including bacteria linked to pectin ...

Coffee beans that pass through the digestive tracts of animals get their unique flavors from the activity of gut microbes, ...