Animals can match their background to avoid detection by predators. For instance, numerous species have evolved color patterns that help them blend into their surroundings and avoid predators—a ...

Crocodiles are some of the most fearsome predators alive today. These ancient reptiles have survived for more than 200 million years, outlasting dinosaurs, ice ages, and countless other species that ...

LONDON (AP) — A fossil of a 560-million-year-old creature, which researchers believe to be the first animal predator, has been named after the British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough.

(Todd Ryburn Photography/Getty Images) Lions are built for terror. With their bladed paws, wielded by a rippling mass of pure muscle, sharp eyes, agile reflexes, and crushing fanged jaws, lions are ...

The surprising escapes from near-death situations of beetles and other small animals illustrate how both prey and predators can adapt to challenges over time. Regimbartia attenuata beetles have the ...