Certain species of wasps and frogs share a pain and inflammation peptide similar to one found in vertebrates to help defend against predators—a discovery that contributes to a shifting view of how ...

Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a metre-long bony fish with jaws ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare fossil of Joaquinraptor casali from Patagonia reveals a powerful predator that may have dined on crocodiles. (CREDIT: The ...

This video examines one of South America’s most unusual predators and the traits that set it apart from typical hunters. Its behavior, physical adaptations, and hunting strategy challenge long-held ...

The flat headed cat is one of the rarest wild cats in the world and is seldom observed directly Its flattened skull webbed feet and narrow teeth indicate a strong adaptation to hunting aquatic prey Mo ...

Young jackdaw chicks can learn about predators before leaving the nest by listening to alarm calls from adult birds.

In the animal kingdom, there are several types of responses to danger and trauma. While humans are most familiar with the ...

A fossil from the blustery plains of Patagonia is revising your book on one of the most elusive bands of hunting dinosaurs. The newly discovered dinosaur, Joaquinraptor casali, preyed on the soggy ...