Many animals rely on smell and taste systems far more sensitive than those of humans. Some predators can track prey by following faint chemical trails left behind in the environment. Sharks, snakes, ...

Across deserts and sandy coastlines, several animals have evolved the ability to hunt from beneath loose sand. These ...

Sonselasuchus cedrus, discovered in fossils from Arizona, was a crocodile relative from the Triassic period that grew into an ...

Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a meter-long bony fish with jaws ...

Gulls are often seen as intruders in our daily lives. But researchers are discovering what really motivates them—and strategies to keep them away from your lunch.

Even elite human sprinters take around five to seven seconds to reach their maximum running speed. Crocs, on the other hand, ...

Tourists were stunned when a pair of orcas tried to hunt a gentoo penguin alongside their ship. Here’s what happened next.