Predation (including parasitism) is an ecological process through which biodiversity is shaped and maintained. Sentinel plasticine prey has been increasingly used to estimate predation pressure.

For many of us plasticine is a toy from our childhood which helped shape our growing imaginations. Most of us got no further than creating a featureless blob with disproportionate limbs and probably ...

Plasticine, the modelling clay that has been manufactured for over 100 years, is enjoying a major revival, according to industry figures, as parents indulge in nostalgia. James May's gaden at the ...

Plasticine is cheap,’ Henry Hudson says, pulling open a cupboard to reveal stacks of the plastic-wrapped, candy-coloured modelling clay. ‘It’s oil-based, so you can mix the colours like paint, and ...