Like most apex predators, lions target the sickest and most vulnerable prey animals, a form of natural selection that keeps evolutionary trends pressing forward.

The lion may be considered the king of the jungle, but this doesn’t mean this predator is invincible. They will go after some very tough prey that will fight back with considerable strength and ...

For predator animals with vertical pupils, though, that orientation maximizes both binocular disparity – figuring out distance for prey far away – and blur – for closer animals – though ...

Analysis and modelling of locomotor characteristics of two pursuit predator–prey pairs show that hunts at lower speeds enable prey to use their maximum manoeuvring capacity and favour prey survival.

Müllerian mimicry, perhaps, doesn’t confuse. Instead it allows prey animals to use basic colors to train their own predators. Top Image: PLOS Via NCBI, Nature.

Regressions of prey weight on predator weight were run and provided descriptions of both the relationship between mean prey weight and predator weight and the variation in prey weights taken by the ...

Jason Hoverman’s research shows that predators can reduce infection prevalence in prey populations, and that some prey infected with a pathogen may be more susceptible to predators. The findings ...

In other words, the more prey animals (or kilograms' worth of prey animals) there were, the fewer predators (or kilograms' worth of predators) there were for each one of those prey, following a ...

When it comes to whether an animal is predator or prey, the eyes have it -- or at lease when it comes to pupil shape, researchers say. A creature's ecological niche -- and its likely place in the ...