Never get between a predator and its prey — unless you’re a gutsy scientist with a generous life insurance policy. Here is the latest news and findings on creatures that hunt, kill, and make Shark Week the best week.
Latest about predators
Stunning video shows sharks devouring sea urchins, spines and all
Sharks easily consumed large, spiky sea urchins – sometimes in just a few gulps.
Watch tigress and her cubs feasting on crocodile they killed in rare footage
Visitors at Ranthambore National Park in India captured rare footage and images of a tigress and her three 1-year-old cubs feasting on the carcass of a crocodile after killing it.
11 jaw-dropping fossil discoveries that weren't dinosaurs in 2023
Move over, dinosaurs: It's time for some of our favorite non-dino fossil stories of 2023 to shine.
Every year, dozens of female hammerhead sharks mysteriously convene in French Polynesia under the full moon
Every austral summer, Rangiroa and Tikehau atolls in French Polynesia host a mysterious assembly of female great hammerhead sharks — a critically endangered and typically solitary species.
Black bear caught napping in a bald eagle's giant nest on Alaska military base
Black bears sometimes raid the nests of bald eagles and expel birds too young to fly from them, which can threaten the local population of raptors.
3 million years ago, this brutish giant petrel likely eviscerated dead seals with its knife-like beak
Fossils from New Zealand reveal the existence of a giant petrel with a wicked sharp beak that lived 3 million years ago.
Giant ancient fish that likely preyed on humans' ancestors unearthed in South Africa
Researchers in South Africa have unearthed 360 million-year-old fossils belonging to a newly described voracious fish species that preyed on our ancestors.
Missing woman’s body discovered in the stomach of 22-foot-long python in Indonesia
A 54-year-old woman in Indonesia was killed and eaten by a massive python
