Tiny invasive ant makes hunting harder for lions

A tiny invasive ant is disrupting the life of African lions. It's making it harder for them to hunt zebra, their preferred prey.

Karen Dooley-Florida • futurity
Jan. 26, 2024 ~6 min

Tasmanian devil die-off takes a toll on another predator’s genetics

A rare cancer is killing tasmanian devils, which in turn is affecting activity of another predator native to Australia.

Washington State • futurity
Jan. 9, 2024 ~4 min


Lions avoid humans unless resources get scarce

A new study investigates lions' interactions with humans in a diminishing habitat.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
Oct. 17, 2023 ~5 min

Watch: Sloth fights off ocelot attack

Watch two camera trap videos that show a two-toed sloth fending off an attacking ocelot in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

UT Austin • futurity
Aug. 7, 2023 ~4 min

Do predators boost herd health? Maybe not

Researchers used a tiny predator-prey-parasite system inside 20-gallon water tanks to test the healthy herds hypothesis.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
April 28, 2023 ~8 min

Why no one wants to eat the giant velvet mite

After observing that virtually no creature wants to eat a giant velvet mite, entomologist Justin Schmidt tasted one himself.

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
Jan. 25, 2023 ~8 min

Hikers may create ‘landscape of fear’ for animals

Even hikers, not hunters, prompt many animals to find new ground in Glacier National Park, research indicates.

Sara Zaske-Washington State • futurity
Jan. 19, 2023 ~6 min

Why animals’ bright colors can be warning or seduction

Animals' bright colors can be a warning to predators or an appeal to mates. Scientists looked back in time to figure out why.

U. Arizona • futurity
Oct. 19, 2022 ~9 min


Loss of land mammals decimated food webs over 130,000 years

Recreating 130,000 years of mammal food webs with machine learning reveals the scope of the biodiversity crisis.

Jade Boyd-Rice • futurity
Sept. 7, 2022 ~6 min

Megalodon could fit a modern orca in its stomach

The megalodon was an even more fearsome predator than previously thought, able to take down prey the size of modern orcas.

U. Zurich • futurity
Aug. 18, 2022 ~5 min

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