When scientists talk about scavengers, you might imagine an animal sniffing out or stumbling across a carcass, eating as much ...

Nature can be surprising, and sometimes a little unsettling, especially when animals behave in ways that seem hard for us to understand. One such example is self-cannibalism, highlighting a behaviour ...

Binge eating, especially on high-fat, high-sugar foods, can rewire the brain and alter behavior, leading to compulsive food-seeking and a greater likelihood of overeating instead of under-eating when ...

New research digs into how coexisting animals find enough to eat when food is scarce. Ecologists have long sought clarity on the dietary habits of different animal species. For scientists at Brown ...

Animals have evolved to eat a lot of different things, even stuff that barely passes for food, and it shapes our entire lives from what we look like to where we live. Today, we’ll talk about why being ...

Snakes are predators, but they can also become prey for many animals. Across the wild, many animals feed on them, from ...

Chalmers sets her subjects against a clean, white background. Quickly, the sterility of the scene becomes littered with blood and guts. She shows the way in which animals thrive – which, she argues, ...

In places where we need to protect valuable plants—whether for ecological or economic reasons—local herbivores can cause significant damage. Current solutions often involve killing the problem animals ...