How a Carnivorous Mushroom Poisons Its Prey
Scientists have known for decades that oyster mushrooms feasted on roundworms—and they’ve finally figured out how their toxins work -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Octopuses prefer certain arms when hunting and adjust tactics to prey
Famous for their eight arms, octopuses leverage all of their appendages to move, jet through the water and capture prey. But their movements can look awkward and seemingly unplanned at times, more closely resembling aliens than earthly creatures......»»
Apex Legends New Beasts Of Prey Event Lets You Look Like An Apex Predator And Introduces A New LTM Gun Run
The latest Apex Legends event, Beasts Of Prey will let you look like an apex predator even if you can't play like one, and a new LTM in Gun Run is coming. The post Apex Legends New Beasts Of Prey Event Lets You Look Like An Apex Predator And Introdu.....»»
The best action movies on Hulu right now (September 2022)
Prey rocks our world with a Predator Prequel before The Princess kicks butt alongside Spider-Man and more of the best action movies on Hulu!.....»»
Study shows human activity impacts bobcat behavior
A Northern Michigan University-led research project focusing on bobcats found evidence that human activity can exert a greater impact than environmental factors on carnivore predator-prey interactions, daily activity patterns and movement. The findin.....»»
Study reveals how hunting hawks home in on prey inside a chaotic swarm
A study published this week in Nature Communications shows how hunting hawks solve the problem of intercepting a single bat within a dense swarm. The findings increase our understanding of how predators select and track a target among thousands of po.....»»
New 3D model shows: Megalodon could eat prey the size of entire killer whales
The reconstructed megalodon (Otodus megalodon) was 16 meters long and weighed more than 61 tons. It was estimated that it swam at around 1.4 meters per second, required over 98,000 kilo calories every day and had a stomach volume of almost 10,000 lit.....»»
Frogs use brains or camouflage to evade predators
Throughout evolution, prey animals have adopted a range of strategies to evade their predators. But often these elaborate strategies come at a cost. For example, looking out for and fleeing from predators involves a great deal of cognitive capacity a.....»»
By destroying old tropes, Prey turns a corner for Native Americans in film
Hulu's sci-fi movie Prey destroys old Native American tropes through its honest and entertaining depiction of a Comanche warrior fighting an alien Predator......»»
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 08/08/2022
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Minions: The Rise of Gru' tops the chart, followed by ‘Jurassic World Dominion'. 'Prey' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest ne.....»»
Prey review: a fresh spin on the Predator franchise
The best Predator film since the original, Prey delivers a tense, action-packed adventure that feels fresh and unique in the franchise......»»
Lionfish are able to catch faster prey through persistence
A pair of researchers at the University of California's, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has found that the slow swimming lionfish is able to catch and eat faster prey by using persistence. In their paper published in Proceedings of t.....»»
Researchers reveal how an insect-eating plant uses rain energy to power its traps
Scientists at the University of Bristol have uncovered the deadly workings of a carnivorous plant......»»
Reef fish evolution driven by biting
Coral reefs are home to a spectacular variety of fish. A new study by biologists at the University of California, Davis shows that much of this diversity is driven by a relatively recent innovation among bony fish—feeding by biting prey from surfac.....»»
What to watch on Hulu: Everything coming and going in August 2022
As always, Hulu has an interesting mix of original content, licensed shows, and great movies arriving in the month of August 2022. One of the more intriguing originals this month is the Predator prequel movie, Prey. Set hundreds of years before the o.....»»
Prey for the Devil trailer teases an exorcism from hell
Sister Ann goes head to head with a demon in the trailer for the supernatural horror, Prey for the Devil......»»
Martens, wolverines, skunks and red pandas—Germany was once a paradise for small carnivorans
An international team of researchers reports that at least 20 species of carnivorous mammals lived 11.5 million years ago in what is now the Hammerschmiede fossil site in southern Germany. The site has been a focus of attention since the 2019 discove.....»»
How water fleas defend themselves against carnivorous plants
Water fleas are masters of adaptation. Researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and the Technical University of Darmstadt have discovered that they can defend themselves not only against animals but al.....»»
The best offense is a great defense for some carnivorous plants
Insect-eating plants have fascinated biologists for more than a century, but how plants evolved the ability to capture and consume live prey has largely remained a mystery. Now, Salk scientists, along with collaborators from Washington University in.....»»
New giant dinosaur predator discovered with tiny arms, like T. rex
Paleontologists said Thursday they had discovered a new giant carnivorous dinosaur species that had a massive head and tiny arms, just like Tyrannosaurus rex......»»
New giant carnivorous dinosaur discovered with tiny arms like T. rex
Tyrannosaurs (like the famous T. rex) is not the only group of giant carnivorous dinosaur with tiny arms. Researchers discovered a new species of dinosaur with disproportionally short arms just like T. rex called the Meraxes gigas. The findings, publ.....»»