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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Did Neanderthals eat anything other than meat?
By Clarissa Brincat published
Neanderthals were meat eaters, but new analyses show that their diets included other morsels.

Sharks: Facts about some of the ocean's top predators
By Michael Dhar last updated
Discover interesting facts about where sharks live, how big they can get, and how likely it is to get bitten by one.

Stunning video shows sharks devouring sea urchins, spines and all
By Jeremy Day published
Sharks easily consumed large, spiky sea urchins – sometimes in just a few gulps.

Watch tigress and her cubs feasting on crocodile they killed in rare footage
By Sascha Pare published
Visitors at Ranthambore National Park in India captured rare footage and images of a tigress and her three 1-year-old cubs feasting on the carcass of a crocodile after killing it.

11 jaw-dropping fossil discoveries that weren't dinosaurs in 2023
By Sascha Pare published
Move over, dinosaurs: It's time for some of our favorite non-dino fossil stories of 2023 to shine.

Every year, dozens of female hammerhead sharks mysteriously convene in French Polynesia under the full moon
By Sascha Pare published
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
By Sascha Pare published
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
By Ethan Freedman published
Fossils from New Zealand reveal the existence of a giant petrel with a wicked sharp beak that lived 3 million years ago.
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