Nature can be surprisingly brutal. Some predators employ hunting methods so unsettling they rival human stories of our most ...

Stepping quietly out of the scrublands of central Spain, an Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) carries a freshly killed rabbit ...

The crocodile’s death roll may seem savage, but scientists say it’s actually an elegant evolutionary solution to a major ...

The relationship between predators and prey in the wild is underscored by an evolutionary arms race spanning millions of years, but new research has found modern human activity is reshaping the rules.

Animals are all loveable . . .. but perhaps some or more loveable than others.

In India, elephants, leopards, tigers and other large mammals are increasingly moving into agricultural and mixed landscapes.

Cone snails are among the most terrifying predators in the ocean, despite looking like harmless decorative seashells ...

A cottontail rabbit seems like the most delicate, vulnerable creature on Earth until it starts running. Even a seriously ...

Many animals survive predation by running, fighting, or hiding. However, some take a much stranger approach: they play dead.

Filmmaker Andy Casagrande's 360° footage of a great hammerhead offers a close look at a critically endangered predator whose unusual anatomy hides some of the sharpest senses in the ocean.

A new study suggests that certain theropods—two-legged, mostly meat-eating dinosaurs—had shrunken forelimbs as an ...

A biologist explains how the peregrine falcon survives dives faster than most sports cars. Here’s why evolution pushed this ...