Predators
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In Photos: Elusive Mountain Lions Come Out of Hiding
By Linda & Dr. Dick Buscher published
There is no animal across the Americas that has been given more names than the hemisphere's dominant hunting cat often known as the mountain lion. Here's a look at the evasive predator.
This Creepy Hole-Fish Is So Excited to Eat Literally Anything
By Rafi Letzter published
Which unfortunate animal will wander too close to this ugly burrow fish's horrible mouth first?
Watch a Tied-Up Alligator Knock a Man Out With Its Hard, Reptilian Skull
By Rafi Letzter published
Everybody has a plan until they get head-butted by an alligator.
Meet Kim, the First Spider to Jump on Demand
By Mindy Weisberger published
A female jumping spider went to great lengths in a leaping experiment.
This Huge, Ancient Whale Would Have Ripped You to Shreds
By Rafi Letzter published
Llanocetus denticrenatus lived about 34 million years ago. It was big. It was an early ancestor of modern humpbacks and blue whales. And it had teeth.
Making the Case ― Again ― for Saving Imperiled Species (Op-Ed)
By David Steen published
Extinction is not a good thing. Why are people still arguing about this?
'Kleptopredator' Found: Sea Slug Attacks After Prey Has Eaten
By Mindy Weisberger published
A colorful sea slug feasts on microscopic marine creatures called zooplankton, but it captures more of them in a gulp by using a middleman.
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