feeding on

While the algae get shelter and a safe place to live and grow, the clams benefit by feeding on the sugars the algae produce through photosynthesis.

At the same time, it is highly selective, filtering and feeding on plankton rather than letting the particles stream out through the gills.

Flores’ western honey bees, Apis mellifera, had been staying on the farm in Somis for the winter, feeding on the nearby pepper trees and eucalyptus to help get them through to spring.

Soon after, a 16-foot adult white shark emerged from the water and started feeding on the carcass.

Besides feeding on gas, supermassive black holes can also grow by merging with each other to form a single, more massive black hole when galaxies collide.