<![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Predators ]]> https://www.livescience.com/tag/predators Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Why do animals have different pupil shapes? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/why-do-animals-have-different-pupil-shapes vz6hemhEHjZB6YvTtonph7 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Why aren't mammals as colorful as reptiles, birds or fish? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/why-arent-mammals-as-colorful-as-reptiles-birds-or-fish Lr3ztzutA6xhRGk2jZ4p8h Sun, 08 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Did Neanderthals eat anything other than meat? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/did-neanderthals-eat-anything-other-than-meat RVkSY8f9QyXWohXZb53sMe Sun, 26 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:37:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Stunning video shows sharks devouring sea urchins, spines and all ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/sharks/stunning-video-shows-sharks-devouring-sea-urchins-spines-and-all KBdF5ZgpLgcR5AVrXKVRxP Sun, 06 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 May 2025 12:54:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch tigress and her cubs feasting on crocodile they killed in rare footage ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/tigers/watch-tigress-and-her-cubs-feasting-on-crocodile-they-killed-in-rare-footage 7BLERfhtpbyiu4NV3ecibY Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:01:06 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:58:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ 11 jaw-dropping fossil discoveries that weren't dinosaurs in 2023 ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/jaw-dropping-fossil-discoveries-that-werent-dinosaurs-in-2023 mVeZ3wxuxmsZ7QxtmRMyRD Sat, 23 Dec 2023 10:00:01 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Every year, dozens of female hammerhead sharks mysteriously convene in French Polynesia under the full moon ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/sharks/every-year-dozens-of-female-hammerhead-sharks-mysteriously-convene-in-french-polynesia-under-the-full-moon NXpv8xzdDviRjTM784mRVa Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:59:58 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Black bear caught napping in a bald eagle's giant nest on Alaska military base ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/bears/black-bear-caught-napping-in-a-bald-eagles-giant-nest-on-alaska-military-base ZFY3RftQ7TqpSApCE8CtFZ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:54:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 3 million years ago, this brutish giant petrel likely eviscerated dead seals with its knife-like beak ]]> https://www.livescience.com/3-million-years-ago-this-brutish-giant-petrel-likely-eviscerated-dead-seals-with-its-knife-like-beak jAwtYAtqFumJk2ySgpdB9M Fri, 24 Feb 2023 18:44:46 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:55:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Giant ancient fish that likely preyed on humans' ancestors unearthed in South Africa ]]> https://www.livescience.com/giant-ancient-fish-that-likely-preyed-on-humans-ancestors-unearthed-in-south-africa uM3pTd6cYCq22kMd54ViDg Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:31:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Missing woman’s body discovered in the stomach of 22-foot-long python in Indonesia ]]> https://www.livescience.com/woman-swallowed-whole-by-giant-python xEYgAZzmaCqmdGoj85sqgK Wed, 02 Nov 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mosquito larvae launch their heads like tiny harpoons to nab prey, video reveals ]]> https://www.livescience.com/harpoon-headed-mosquito-larvae gt5JcKQqWy6YKhPZbfH4ke Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:53:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ What was megalodon's favorite snack? Sperm whale faces ]]> https://www.livescience.com/ancient-sharks-bit-whale-noses jmJPkidjLKmq6EuWD4jddX Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:38:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sharks: Facts about some of the ocean's top predators ]]> https://www.livescience.com/shark-facts suPUxfnZQYSo4DQrDWAMX Mon, 04 Jul 2022 11:00:30 +0000 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:31:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Serial killer whales have been murdering sharks and eating their livers for 5 years ]]> https://www.livescience.com/killer-whale-great-white-shark-killing-spree M5CMiEYJebivJuRzVUhgFP Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:01:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:51:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Great white sharks may have driven megalodon to extinction ]]> https://www.livescience.com/great-white-sharks-megalodon-extinction FuTBLt8ntCZCFHcBMGtip3 Fri, 03 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Anglerfish: Biology, bioluminescence and lifecycle ]]> https://www.livescience.com/deep-sea-anglerfish.html Gt8vdqz2dbRkQMVbzmxRmi Wed, 20 Apr 2022 16:02:11 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Berserker' geckos slam scorpions into oblivion before eating them, epic new footage shows ]]> https://www.livescience.com/scorpion-shaking-killer-geckos Fi6WtpuUqpTbkgathqHAkH Thu, 31 Mar 2022 11:00:01 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:27:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Spiders hunt in packs of hundreds to swarm prey ]]> https://www.livescience.com/social-spiders-hunt-in-packs 9MP3qWR85ic43qsrWapanV Mon, 07 Mar 2022 20:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Greenland sharks: Toxic, half-blind giants of the ocean ]]> https://www.livescience.com/greenland-shark jxoEve4ZZVP3DRFTTQSjqE Fri, 07 Jan 2022 17:58:54 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Are humans at the top of the food chain? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/are-humans-top-predators XH8Lx4DB2gUjsPForcMRR5 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 12:00:03 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:56:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bees 'shriek' when attacked by giant cousins of 'murder hornets' ]]> https://www.livescience.com/bees-shriek-when-hornets-attack fB4kwbUMRZdqUQDMxgNeZg Wed, 10 Nov 2021 14:34:45 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:52:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Human skull fragments found in massive boneyard in hyenas' lava tube cave ]]> https://www.livescience.com/hyenas-nommed-humans-lava-tube-den KT57nASAtS2p7YY66yNH5a Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:01:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:32:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Koala-hunting eagle terrorized Australia 25 million years ago ]]> https://www.livescience.com/koala-hunting-eagle-fossil-found CYAp6MdgZfNf6rZ7Lwow4E Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:01:41 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ What were the largest predators in North America? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/north-america-largest-predators HPV6d8dg7uonsQqzS6FoEa Sun, 26 Sep 2021 11:00:20 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Humans are practically defenseless. Why don't wild animals attack us more? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/why-predators-dont-attack-humans.html cT42fqYj6iSeJ2U9ANzqzS Mon, 12 Jul 2021 11:00:10 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:59:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ancient hippo-size reptile was a quick and ferocious killing machine ]]> https://www.livescience.com/ancient-killing-machine.html mnguNgbsmYZysnurHjxnrf Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Snakes insert their heads into living frogs' bodies to swallow their organs (because nature is horrifying) ]]> https://www.livescience.com/snakes-gut-living-frogs-and-toads.html 4QWcSFJbx42rzMoMPYqEBn Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:41:17 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:55:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Video captures unusual death of baby bird drowned by a fish ]]> https://www.livescience.com/fish-eats-baby-bird.html 8DQCCmcdP38zDwvU4WK8wc Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:00:05 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Spiders hoist big prey with silk 'pulleys' — and now scientists know how ]]> https://www.livescience.com/spiders-hoist-prey-with-pulleys.html De4rZECGjBsCqmTRSX29aV Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:05:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Whodunit solved when 'sword' is found embedded in thresher shark ]]> https://www.livescience.com/swordfish-stabs-thresher-shark.html JuJ37qR3qtsGvvaJgyNscg Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:40:30 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:10:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Alien-like photo shows eel dangling out of heron's stomach in midair ]]> https://www.livescience.com/snake-eel-bursts-out-of-heron.html pxtLA7P6NnFAWLncTvCpec Tue, 10 Nov 2020 20:57:21 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:50:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Snakes disembowel toads and feast on the living animal's organs one by one ]]> https://www.livescience.com/snakes-disembowel-toads.html f5UqUzvTwCx8ESPtVwfMoY Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:55:42 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:52:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fossilized 'ocean lizard' found inside corpse of ancient sea monster ]]> https://www.livescience.com/triassic-sea-monster-ate-huge-reptile.html Bc887dHWDfz5VEdBCYAiZD Thu, 20 Aug 2020 15:00:15 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:03:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Weird 'broomstick' necked Triassic reptile named after mythical Greek sea monster ]]> https://www.livescience.com/long-necked-triassic-reptiles.html MkbeovA8D6nbdmjMNapsqb Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:53:40 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ High-speed video shows every second of a praying mantis's lethal strike ]]> https://www.livescience.com/mantis-strikes-deadly-precision-video.html xcpuCJBpHtNGo4H5QUCsLG Wed, 20 May 2020 15:12:44 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:36:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ 5 reasons hyenas like Harley Quinn's 'Bruce' are amazing ]]> https://www.livescience.com/awesome-hyenas.html uU9QH5hL27V59weoegNQJB Sat, 08 Feb 2020 21:17:43 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:17:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Remains of a Massive Jurassic 'Sea Monster' Found in a Polish Cornfield ]]> https://www.livescience.com/ancient-sea-monster-pliosaur-fossils.html qAbS6QSAbi8TCvPdjhbK5o Fri, 08 Nov 2019 22:31:02 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:55:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dead Elephant Found Lying on Top of a Squashed Crocodile. What Happened? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/elephant-crushed-crocodile.html isVDqGioVbawuVZzrkMPL9 Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:32:49 +0000 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:25:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Look Out, Songbirds — Baby Sharks Want to Eat You ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65529-baby-sharks-eat-songbirds.html JhkKfjzRiebSU7pGxDgazf Tue, 21 May 2019 18:33:49 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Phantom' Predator's Speedy Dance of Death Is Both Graceful and Creepy ]]> https://www.livescience.com/65160-glassworm-slowmo-attack.html x8g3ankLLkLfXv7kvbeTva Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:05:25 +0000 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:26:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Tropical Spiders Cause 'Surprising Amount of Death,' Hunting Opossums, Frogs and More ]]> https://www.livescience.com/64885-spiders-eat-amazon-vertebrates.html y6VGJkAZ7yjHp9EDnjyfE5 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:00:16 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:37:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ In Photos: Elusive Mountain Lions Come Out of Hiding ]]> https://www.livescience.com/63313-mountain-lions-photos.html QqH5vKPa8U4kaHCHLMVe6Z Tue, 14 Aug 2018 18:15:03 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:36:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ This Creepy Hole-Fish Is So Excited to Eat Literally Anything ]]> https://www.livescience.com/63112-fish-surprise-video.html EkHGstzrqk2jJfc4yLRu9C Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:21:39 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:55:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch a Tied-Up Alligator Knock a Man Out With Its Hard, Reptilian Skull ]]> https://www.livescience.com/62769-alligator-headbutt-florida.html CwBLQ7wfVL977J39vxxkEY Thu, 07 Jun 2018 21:54:19 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:55:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Meet Kim, the First Spider to Jump on Demand ]]> https://www.livescience.com/62539-scientists-train-jumping-spiders.html g4HRJ6WUYumoL2pM8vNHgW Fri, 11 May 2018 16:21:15 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:53:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ This Huge, Ancient Whale Would Have Ripped You to Shreds ]]> https://www.livescience.com/62537-whale-tooth-filter-feeding.html oPByYLHB9FBuprrV45E7r3 Thu, 10 May 2018 20:41:58 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:54:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Making the Case ― Again ― for Saving Imperiled Species (Op-Ed) ]]> https://www.livescience.com/61548-saving-imperiled-species-op-ed.html Sx3evgpJCusDyi2bstJJUX Sun, 28 Jan 2018 14:19:27 +0000 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:49:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Kleptopredator' Found: Sea Slug Attacks After Prey Has Eaten ]]> https://www.livescience.com/60836-sea-slugs-kleptopredators.html QgXwy3N3JQNPUVkWc8ezNg Wed, 01 Nov 2017 19:23:32 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:56:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dinosaur with Raccoon-Like Mask Hid in Broad Daylight ]]> https://www.livescience.com/60786-bandit-raccoon-face-dinosaur-camouflage.html KBsCtfDosGVfRVftC7ufQE Thu, 26 Oct 2017 18:13:23 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:56:20 +0000