The fossa is Madagascar’s ultimate misdirection. Here’s why this predator that looks familiar, acts unexpected and took ...

A massive predator once roamed the Earth, towering over its rivals and casting a long shadow on the ancestors of T. rex. This giant, now known as Ulughbegasaurus, ruled the prehistoric world around 90 ...

The jaws are small enough to hold in your hand. But the animal they belonged to may have stretched 62 feet from arm tip to ...

Biomechanical studies on the arachnid-like front "legs" of an extinct apex predator show that the 2-foot (60 centimeter) marine animal Anomalocaris canadensis was likely much weaker than once assumed.

Along South America’s windswept southern coast, Magellanic penguins have spent decades nesting in relative safety. For much of the twentieth century, sheep ranching dominated the region, and pumas ...

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Hi Mahmood, thanks for this interesting question! Well, what sorts of animals do you typically imagine when you think about apex predators? Great white sharks, polar bears, killer whales, crocodiles, ...