For more than a century, paleontologists have been piecing together how the mysterious predator Andrewsarchus is related to ...

The evolutionary success of the first large predators on land was driven by their need to improve as killers, researchers suggest. The evolutionary success of the first large predators on land was ...

A new article published in PeerJ Life & Environment, authored by Camila Ferreira Leão at Universidade Federal do Pará sheds light on the effects of climate change on carnivorous mammals in the Amazon ...

Trail cameras photographed two species of rare and elusive carnivores at Makalu Barun National Park, Nepal, for the first time, a study said. Photo from Barun Bio-meridian Research Project / Future ...

Just as humans may leave their home five minutes early to avoid a talkative neighbor or depart work late to avoid a rude coworker, carnivorous mammals may go out of their way to avoid other species.

Nearly 42 million years ago, a fearsome bobcat-sized creature prowled the forests of what is now San Diego. Unlike most mammals at the time, it was a hypercarnivore, built to eat meat and almost only ...

Animals help disperse seeds and spores for many plant and fungal species. This typically happens when animals eat the fruiting bodies of plants and fungi and pass seeds and spores through their ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

Long before it was one of the most populated regions in the United States and full of freeways, Southern California had tropical forests and was also home to a saber-toothed, hypercarnivorous predator ...