Urban ecosystems present novel predation landscapes in which wildlife must balance the need to detect and avoid predators with the demands of foraging, reproduction and human disturbance. Predation ...

The inland taipan, Earth's most venomous snake, plays a vital ecological role. It efficiently controls native rodent populations, preventing unchecked booms and busts. This predator's hunting strategy ...

The surprising escapes from near-death situations of beetles and other small animals illustrate how both prey and predators can adapt to challenges over time. Regimbartia attenuata beetles have the ...

Predators and the environment determine why some animals use camouflage to avoid being eaten, while others use bright colors to warn them off, new research reveals. Published today in the journal ...

Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave and earning ...

In the wild, evading an attacker is not always about being fast or powerful. At times, it is about being just fast enough to cause a little bit of confusion, and many animals use strategies that cause ...

The animal world is incredibly colourful, and behind this colour palette is a constant game of survival. Most animals use camouflage, covering themselves in stealthy patterns to hide from predators.

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 ...