Wolves attack two bull elk in Yellowstone National Park. “Le mot juste,” Gustave Flaubert called it, “the right word.” No matter their subject, writers know in their bones that words matter. That is ...

A new study may be about to rewrite a part of our early human history. It has long been thought that Homo habilis, often considered the first true human species, was the one to turn the tables on the ...

We asked whether apex predator theory holds in a mosaic landscape where predator–prey dynamics are influenced by both natural and human-mediated factors. We analyzed the population-level responses of ...

Predators are typically larger, faster, and more powerful than the animals they hunt. Yet in nature, most attacks fail. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, by ...

A cottontail rabbit seems like the most delicate, vulnerable creature on Earth until it starts running. Even a seriously bloodthirsty fox has to reach top speeds just to have a chance of catching it.

I. The study -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Serengeti region -- 3. Study methods -- II. The lion -- 4. Group structure and movements -- 5. Behavior within the group -- 6. Population dynamics -- 7. Food ...

Migrator ypredators may link the evolution of distant species, carrying learned fear toward prey that never actually meet.