From the smallest and fiercest hunters to mighty beasts of land and sea, here are seven predators that routinely take on ...

The African lion’s reputation as “king of the jungle” rests on its strength, group hunting skills, and dominance over most ...

Tigers and salties will only ever meet where their ranges overlap at the coast, but one fatal encounter was documented in India’s Sundarban Tiger Reserve in 2011, when an adult female Bengal tiger was ...

Every summer, tiger sharks gather at a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean to hunt fledgling seabirds. New research suggests it ...

The leopard, the most graceful of Africa's predators, is feared throughout the continent. Leopards do not consider humans to be special, aside from their being easy prey that neither bite nor scratch ...

Scientists found reintroduced pumas cluster around 40,000 penguins, altering movement, tolerance, and social behavior in ...

In the African savanna, lions are at the top of the food chain. Hunting in groups with their sharp claws and excellent vision, lions are considered the top land predator. Both herbivores and ...

Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest living relatives, the apes, may have partly ...

The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) is another Arctic animal well-suited to life in snowy conditions. Adult males are almost ...