A recent report detailed a 50 percent drop in juvenile Chesapeake blue crabs since 2010. Then, a survey found a surprising ...

In kelp forests elsewhere in the world, the removal of a single predator has led to ecosystem collapse. The Great African ...

These rounded homes in mud, stacked on fence posts, tree limbs or rooftops throughout South America, resemble little outdoor ...

Crabs’ famous sideways walk may trace back to a single evolutionary moment 200 million years ago. Researchers found that most modern crabs inherited this trait from one ancestor—and never looked back.

The scales move and flex with the movement of the animal, giving a layered armor effect that is more reptilian than mammalian. When threatened, pangolins form tight-fitting armored balls, leaving ...

As a child, the mere glimpse of a spider used to send me screaming and running for cover. I was convinced that spiders were my enemies. I thought they were out to get me. These days, I run towards ...

Most spiders are both predators and prey, playing an essential role in the food web (pun intended). In fact, many spiders act as a natural form of pest control, consuming small insects like mosquitoes ...

Spiders represent a key group of natural enemies in agricultural landscapes owing to their capacity to consume a broad spectrum of arthropod prey. As generalist predators, they exert top–down ...

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Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans (Yohei Utsuki: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University) (CN) — Researchers say giant “kraken-like” octopus ...

From time to time, I’ll get an email from a reader of the column, or a friend, and in some cases, they may even be both, suggesting a topic or story I might consider writing about. A few weeks ago, I ...