Humans are often described as “super-predators,” but wildlife may not respond to us as uniformly as once thought. People have ...

Predators avoid people, yet food, pets and surprise encounters can erase that caution. Smart habits keep wild space intact for us.

Having watched this clip, it’s hard to miss the caution lions show around hippopotamuses. Even though lions are often described as apex predators in their ecosystems, these individuals don’t linger ...

Animals employ diverse survival strategies beyond speed, using erratic movements, visual displays, and warning colors to ...

Animals are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way. But making sounds can be a double-edged sword: it can help them communicate, sometimes over long distances, but it can also reveal them to ...

Young jackdaw chicks can learn about predators before leaving the nest by listening to alarm calls from adult birds.

I've long been interested in ways in which humans can peacefully coexist with so-called "problem" animals, including predators. In most cases, conservation protocols that call for killing these ...

But jackdaws have a shortcut. A new study suggests these clever birds learn to recognize predators by eavesdropping on the adults around them. By linking adult alarm calls to unfamiliar sounds, ...

If you’re able, watch this video. If not, allow me to explain. Two crown-of-thorns starfish are placed in separate tanks. Ordinary seawater is poured into one. In the other, seawater that a giant ...