Then they use the rudimentary spears, which are around 75 centimetres long, to stab bushbabies while they sleep in their ...

Australian Marsupials Display Extreme Fear of the Human 'Super Predator' Walking through the Australian bush might seem peaceful, but new research reveals that kangaroos, wallabies, and other native ...

Nature can be a dangerous place, even for animals that seem borderline invincible. For instance, hippos may be massive mountains of muscle with a gaping maw, but that doesn't stop a sufficiently ...

When danger approaches, many creatures seem to follow the ancient proverb that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Researchers have recently been finding subtle ways that animals communicate with ...

Animals need to get creative to survive in the wild. While some feature bright “warning colors” to keep predators away, a strategy called aposematism, others have evolved to stay hidden in their ...

In the African savanna, lions are at the top of the food chain. Hunting in groups with their sharp claws and excellent vision, lions are considered the top land predator. Both herbivores and ...

Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest living relatives, the apes, may have partly ...