While it seems like predators are always the bad guys, they have their place in the ecosystem, writes Outdoors columnist Oak Duke.
Across continents, a new kind of predator is testing the boundaries between wild and domestic life, and the consequences are landing on people’s doorsteps. From wolf-dog packs in American suburbs to ...
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 ...
Suburban Phantom on the Prowl Something's slipping through neighborhoods at dusk, silent as smoke. Mountain lions, also known as cougars or pumas, follow deer into cities only when they're really ...
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 ...
Animal survival depends on effective attack and defense strategies, yet how these behaviors arise remains unclear. Addressing ...
Once thought extinct, researchers are trying to find out more about this tiny carnivore to aid its conservation.
The more we watch animals, the more we learn about their complex lives. Here are three famous examples of animal deception.
A shy, ferret-sized predator called the coastal marten has been quietly hanging on in the forests of southern Oregon and northern California.
A 2023 study by researchers at Auburn University revealed that free-ranging cats consume at least 2,084 different animal ...
Learn how South Dakota chose the coyote as its state animal, from bounties and debate to resilience, Native lore, and Tootsie.