Some species of sea robins, such as Prionotus carolinus, also use their legs to dig up prey buried in the sand. (They’re so good at hunting that other fish are known to opportunistically follow ...

There had been reports of other fish species following sea robins around, perhaps deputizing the legged fish as scouts to track down out-of-sight prey. Some decades-old papers had detected neural ...

The lions I saw were used for breeding. The cubs are taken and when they grow big enough they become the prey in hunts where a ‘kill’ is guaranteed. Hunters pay big money - as much as $25,000 ...

ruptor keeps engulfed algae in a special compartment. Enzymes in this chamber appear to dissolve one side of the prey’s cell wall. The other side is attached to the chamber wall. As the ...

Octopuses are even more sophisticated than we thought. Despite generally being solitary animals, they can work with fish to find prey and recognise which team members aren’t helping. That is the ...

Birds of prey are apex predators, ruling the skies with razor-sharp talons and wings giant enough to envelop a full-grown man. They spend their lives at the top of the food chain because they have ...