From the smallest and fiercest hunters to mighty beasts of land and sea, here are seven predators that routinely take on ...

The African lion’s reputation as “king of the jungle” rests on its strength, group hunting skills, and dominance over most ...

Scientists found reintroduced pumas cluster around 40,000 penguins, altering movement, tolerance, and social behavior in ...

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 ...

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

The leopard, the most graceful of Africa's predators, is feared throughout the continent. Leopards do not consider humans to be special, aside from their being easy prey that neither bite nor scratch ...

Every summer, tiger sharks gather at a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean to hunt fledgling seabirds. New research suggests it ...

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 ...

Find out which animals live the longest and what clues this gives us for potentially slowing down human aging.

When animals sleep, they're most vulnerable to predators. But despite the risks, the need for sleep is so strong that no creature can skip it altogether, even when it's highly inconvenient.