The study by Humphries et al. (2010) investigates the environmental context of Lévy and Brownian movement patterns in marine predators. Using the largest dataset of animal movement data, the researchers tested the Lévy-flight foraging hypothesis, which predicts that predators should adopt Lévy flights in sparse and unpredictable prey environments, while Brownian movement is more efficient for locating abundant prey. The study found strong support for Lévy search patterns in 14 species of open-ocean predatory fish, with some individuals switching between Lévy and Brownian movements across different habitat types. Lévy behavior was associated with less productive waters (sparser prey), while Brownian movements were linked to productive shelf or convergence-front habitats (abundant prey). These findings align with the Lévy-flight foraging hypothesis, suggesting that organism search strategies are naturally evolved to exploit optimal Lévy patterns. The study also highlights that Lévy behavior is not universal but varies across individuals and habitats, indicating that animals adapt their movement patterns to different environmental resource distributions.The study by Humphries et al. (2010) investigates the environmental context of Lévy and Brownian movement patterns in marine predators. Using the largest dataset of animal movement data, the researchers tested the Lévy-flight foraging hypothesis, which predicts that predators should adopt Lévy flights in sparse and unpredictable prey environments, while Brownian movement is more efficient for locating abundant prey. The study found strong support for Lévy search patterns in 14 species of open-ocean predatory fish, with some individuals switching between Lévy and Brownian movements across different habitat types. Lévy behavior was associated with less productive waters (sparser prey), while Brownian movements were linked to productive shelf or convergence-front habitats (abundant prey). These findings align with the Lévy-flight foraging hypothesis, suggesting that organism search strategies are naturally evolved to exploit optimal Lévy patterns. The study also highlights that Lévy behavior is not universal but varies across individuals and habitats, indicating that animals adapt their movement patterns to different environmental resource distributions.