The relationship between predators and prey in the wild is underscored by an evolutionary arms race spanning millions of years, but new research has found modern human activity is reshaping the rules.

A cottontail rabbit seems like the most delicate, vulnerable creature on Earth until it starts running. Even a seriously ...

Predators are typically larger, faster, and more powerful than the animals they hunt. Yet in nature, most attacks fail. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, by ...

It is not difficult to conceptualize predators as opportunistic hunters who will strike anything vulnerable in their path, particularly if it looks slow or vulnerable. But ecological studies have ...

Top predators in the North Sea increasingly compete for key fish species, according to a new scientific study.

Deer have eyes on the side of their head, which help them to spot any lurking prey. Every other week, the Outside/In team at NHPR answers a listener question about science and the natural world. This ...

Babies and very young sauropods – the long-necked, long-tailed plant-eaters that in adulthood were the largest animals to have ever walked on land – were a key food sustaining predators in the Late ...