Jared Towers was in his research vessel on two separate occasions watching killer whales off the coast of Vancouver Island ...

Defense mechanisms are crucial to all animal life. Since animals in every biome must eat to survive, prey animals must constantly avoid being eaten. Animals employ adaptations that add to the ...

A rare example of bird-mammal mutualism, the drongo keeps an eye out for predators as the meerkats hunt. When the drongo sounds an alarm, the meerkats make a run for it, often dropping their prey ...

When prey masquerade as innocuous objects in the environment, they slow detection from predators by nearly 300 percent. ... One of the most striking examples of this, ...

They’re known around the world for going after the choicest cuts from their prey. “One of the best well-known examples is from Eden, New South Wales, Australia, where whalers and killer whales ...

According to their analysis, the ant had impressive mandibles (mouth parts) that poked forward, parallel to the shape of the head in front of the eyes, which were likely used to pin down prey.