Critters consuming species that harbor deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to keep out of harm’s way.

The animal kingdom is packed with surprising eating behaviors that challenge human understanding of what’s normal or acceptable. In nature, survival is everything—meaning even the most shocking animal ...

Critters consuming species that contain deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to keep out of harm’s way ...

In some states, it’s illegal to hunt wild animals from a moving vehicle. But when it comes to roadkill, the rules are a bit ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Luiz Antonio, at the age of four, wants to eat his vegetables rather than the octopus on his plate, his caregiver gives the best response a caregiver can give, “Okay then, just eat the potato and ...

It’s odd, given American meat eaters’ sporadic bursts of conscience, that as a nation we are so O.K. with infanticide. Veal cutlets, suckling pigs, spring lambs, game hens — with or without the ...