Sperm whales are the largest toothed predators ever to exist, capable of hunting prey far below where sunlight reaches. They routinely dive more than 1,000 meters, descending into pressure zones that ...

As individuals, driver ants are small and relatively insignificant creatures. But as a colony, they transform into a huge and ...

There’s nothing like that first spring salad you’ve been babying for weeks. And there’s nothing like walking out one damp ...

Who do you think would win a fight between a python and a crocodile in Florida? Generally, we would look to real-life ...

Carcharodontosaurus was one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs ever discovered. This documentary examines how its size and ...

Biologists and ecologists have long wished to gather high-quality data on exactly what the animals they study are eating, but how can such observations be made without disturbing the natural patterns ...

Hostile owl hoots make robins eat less at night, reveals new research. The sound of tawny owls makes the red-breasted birds ...

The invasive Asian swamp eel is threatening the Florida Everglades by disrupting the food web. This predatory fish has caused ...

Throughout the year, we've highlighted podcasts produced by NPR member stations across the country. Now that it's the last weekend of 2025, we're going to take a few minutes to go through some of the ...

A review back in 2021 documented cases of spiders preying on snakes, turning up 319 reports from every continent except ...

“Not only do these spiders occasionally catch small vertebrates – mice, rats, frogs, lizards, snakes – they also catch bulky ...

Results show that players’ choices echo predator-prey patterns seen in wildlife, though scientists stress the limits of the ...