Predators

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.

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'Phantom' Predator's Speedy Dance of Death Is Both Graceful and Creepy

April 05, 2019 | Article

Fearsome yet tiny creatures have one of the fastest strikes in the animal kingdom.
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Tropical Spiders Cause 'Surprising Amount of Death,' Hunting Opossums, Frogs and More

February 28, 2019 | Article

In the Amazon lowlands, spiders as big as dinner plates dine on opossums.
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In Photos: Elusive Mountain Lions Come Out of Hiding

August 14, 2018 | Image Album

There is no animal across the Americas that has been given more names than the hemisphere's dominant hunting cat often known as the mountain lion. Here's a look at the evasive predator.
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This Creepy Hole-Fish Is So Excited to Eat Literally Anything

July 20, 2018 | Article

Which unfortunate animal will wander too close to this ugly burrow fish's horrible mouth first?
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Watch a Tied-Up Alligator Knock a Man Out With Its Hard, Reptilian Skull

June 07, 2018 | Article

Everybody has a plan until they get head-butted by an alligator.
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Meet Kim, the First Spider to Jump on Demand

May 11, 2018 | Article

A female jumping spider went to great lengths in a leaping experiment.
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This Huge, Ancient Whale Would Have Ripped You to Shreds

May 10, 2018 | Article

Llanocetus denticrenatus lived about 34 million years ago. It was big. It was an early ancestor of modern humpbacks and blue whales. And it had teeth.
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Making the Case ― Again ― for Saving Imperiled Species (Op-Ed)

January 28, 2018 | Article

Extinction is not a good thing. Why are people still arguing about this?
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'Kleptopredator' Found: Sea Slug Attacks After Prey Has Eaten

November 01, 2017 | Article

A colorful sea slug feasts on microscopic marine creatures called zooplankton, but it captures more of them in a gulp by using a middleman.
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Dinosaur with Raccoon-Like Mask Hid in Broad Daylight

October 26, 2017 | Article

A "masked" dinosaur that lived 130 million years ago was a master at disguise who could hide even in broad daylight from its predators, relatives of the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex, a new study finds.
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