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

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 ...

Bullsnakes have adapted over centuries to mimic rattlesnakes, keeping them safe from predators. Read here to learn about their mimicry!