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 ...

One of the earliest known fossil animals, Dickinsonia lived on the sea floor over a half billion years ago. Based on traces of a biochemical marker, coprostanol, UC Davis paleobiologists propose that ...

Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) might be small creatures, but their appetite and effect on their environment are ...

In recent months, unusual wildlife behaviours have been trending across social platforms, especially topics that challenge what we normally expect from the natural world. One such behaviour that ...

Nature's harsh reality unfolds as animals sometimes consume their young, a survival instinct driven by scarcity, stress, or ...

People all around the world feed animals, ranging from household companions for whom we control when, where, how, and what they eat to their free-ranging relatives, to garden birds and squirrels and ...

My friend, Susan in Santa Monica, posted a photo of herself on social media in a state of blissful repose, a white rat perched atop her chest. I recoiled at the sight of it. I phoned her and asked, ...

Periodical cicadas are picky eaters, but many other creatures gladly gobble them up. Here's what to know about the "movable feast" arriving this month. Over a trillion of the loud, buzzing insects ...