What do these creatures eat? It may well be the reason I've spent the past three years tackling this very question.

Wood ducks thrive on a flexible diet of acorns, plants, and insects, helping them recover across North America.

Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone.

A bear cruising past your yard once is kind of thrilling. A bear repeatedly visiting to tear apart garbage cans or worse is ...

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Quick Take Winter specialists thrive in cold through thick coats, fat storage, and altered diets, enjoying fewer predators ...

And [thy] are ecologically very important predators in nearly all marine systems.” Recently, the duo’s long-term friendship ...

For over 20 years, the 3-foot-long ribbon worm Baseodiscus the Eldest (B for short) was more a “long-time acquaintance” than ...

Female praying mantises are notorious for eating their mates during or after sex. Now, scientists have discovered a dwarf ...

In doing so, Paralvinella hessleri, a tiny deep-sea worm first discovered in 1989, transforms one of the deadliest substances ...

More recently, I discovered the accompanying footage, which shows a Mabamba Swamp shoebill stalking, striking and gobbling a snake as though it were a mere worm. The footage was shared in September by ...