A man who baited birds of prey with pheasants coated in rat poison has been ordered to carry out 135 hours of unpaid work.

New fossil shows that precise wasp mimicry in hoverflies evolved far earlier than previously thought—and wasn't shaped by ...

For decades, the megalodon, a terrible shark that ate only whales has been portrayed as the ultimate oceanic horror, its ...

Nashville Zoo flamingos reveal the oddball birds generate many types of vortices to eat. The swirls could be an inspiration to human engineers.

A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new light on insect evolution, researchers have found.

A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis has documented, for the first time, ...

“Flamingos are super-specialized animals for filter feeding,” Ortega Jiménez said. “It’s not just the head, but the neck, their legs, their feet and all the behaviors they use just to effectively ...

This assassin bug's ability to use a tool — bees’ resin — could shed light on how the ability evolved in other animals.

These tiny whirlpools pull prey like brine shrimp and copepods into ... Josh Hawkins has been writing for over a decade, covering science, gaming, and tech culture. He also is a top-rated product ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the ... Findings were published Thursday in the journal Science. Scientists found just 62 ...

It's well understood that spiders have poor eyesight and thus sense the vibrations in their webs whenever prey (like a fly) gets caught; the web serves as an extension of their sensory system.

Rather than passively filter-feeding, the birds use their heads, beaks and feet to generate motion in the water that funnels ...