Never get between a predator and its prey — unless you’re a gutsy scientist with a generous life insurance policy. Here is the latest news and findings on creatures that hunt, kill, and make Shark Week the best week.
Latest about predators
Every year, dozens of female hammerhead sharks mysteriously convene in French Polynesia under the full moon
Every austral summer, Rangiroa and Tikehau atolls in French Polynesia host a mysterious assembly of female great hammerhead sharks — a critically endangered and typically solitary species.
Black bear caught napping in a bald eagle's giant nest on Alaska military base
Black bears sometimes raid the nests of bald eagles and expel birds too young to fly from them, which can threaten the local population of raptors.
3 million years ago, this brutish giant petrel likely eviscerated dead seals with its knife-like beak
Fossils from New Zealand reveal the existence of a giant petrel with a wicked sharp beak that lived 3 million years ago.
Giant ancient fish that likely preyed on humans' ancestors unearthed in South Africa
Researchers in South Africa have unearthed 360 million-year-old fossils belonging to a newly described voracious fish species that preyed on our ancestors.
Missing woman’s body discovered in the stomach of 22-foot-long python in Indonesia
A 54-year-old woman in Indonesia was killed and eaten by a massive python
Mosquito larvae launch their heads like tiny harpoons to nab prey, video reveals
Researchers have captured the first-ever footage of mosquito larvae flinging their heads at prey in deadly hunting strikes.
Great white sharks may have driven megalodon to extinction
For millions of years, megalodon was the top predator in marine ecosystems. Then great whites came along and ruined everything.
