66 Million-Year-Old Fossilized Vomit Offers a Rare Glimpse Into Diets of Ancient Predators
An amateur fossil hunter in Denmark unearthed a rare regurgitalite, shedding light on Cretaceous-era diets.
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DNA study shows snow leopards eat a lot of things — including plants
Despite not being herbivorous, snow leopards seem to eat more plants than you'd think.
Meet Dunkleosteus, the prehistoric predator that ruled the seas 358 million years ago
Dunkleosteus looked like a brute, and it probably was one. It thrived during the Devonian Period (also known as the ...
Looking ‘weird’ saves robot lizards from predators
Sometimes being flashy is actually a turn-off to predators. Their loss…
Who was the Basilosaurus, the ‘king lizard’ that was neither king nor lizard?
The king of the lizards turned out to be the first fully ocean-dwelling whale.
Fossil Friday: huge, ancient dolphin was the first echolocating apex predator
This 15-meter-long dolphin was also the first predatory whale to use echolocation.
Cats kill up to 10 times more wildlife than natural predators — so keep them indoors
Domestic cats kill millions of birds and other mammals every year.
Predators can change their prey’s brains
Somewhere in Trinidad, killifish are growing more brain cells to avoid predators.
Animals can experience post-traumatic stress disorder from exposure to predators
"Our findings support both the notion that PTSD is not unnatural, and that long-lasting effects of predator-induced fear with likely ...
Fossil Friday: massive, ancient African carnivore found in a drawer in Kenya
It pays to stick your nose in museum drawers!
Microplastics could break down whole ecosystems — they’re making prey unresponsive to predators
This could be a very bad development.
New paper explains why predatory dinosaurs walked on two feet while mammals stayed on all fours
It's all about the tail.
Hundreds of snow leopards are being killed every year, and that’s unacceptable
One of the most beautiful big cats is dying out -- because of us.
Humans are the world’s super predator – by far
Though humans might not be as fierce as a lion or white shark, we're definitely the greatest predatory species in ...
Colossal New Predatory Species Terrorized Early Tyrannosaurs
When herbivorous dinosaurs went to sleep, they had bad dreams about Tyrannosaurs. But what where Tyrannosaurs afraid of? If you're ...
It’s settled – Tyrannosaurus Rex hunted for live prey
The king of all predators, the godfather of his time, la creme de la creme - Tyrannosaurus Rex (T. Rex) ...
