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predators

a bright yellow slime mold surrounded by leaves

Bernard Spragg on Flickr (public domain)

Two bacteria team up to poison their slime mold predator

Alone, these two bacteria are easy meals for the slime mold. Together, they turn the tables on it

A smelly paste tricks invasive predators into leaving native birds alone

This study reveals a cheap, new method of protecting endangered species in New Zealand

Al evitar a los pumas, los ciervos están cambiando la vegetación a su alrededor de forma drástica

El miedo a los humanos influencia el comportamiento de los animales, y esto, a su vez, afecta las plantas que comen

Fruit flies have more sex when predatory wasps come around

This weird predator-prey interaction appears to be reliant on one gene in particular

Feral cats' hunting abilities make them particularly effective predators, even when prey see them

Prey can spot cats more often than other similar predators, but that doesn't save them

Reintroducing predators doesn't always rebalance ecosystems

The wolves of Yellowstone were a media sensation, but not every environment responds the same way

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Pug-nosed tree frogs have figured out how to stay safe while attracting mates

Male frogs "sing" to attract females, but this also alerts predators to their location

Human activity forces predators to compete with each other

Foxes, coyotes, and bobcats can normally coexist. But what happens when their hunting grounds are disrupted by humans?

Eastern snapping turtles use culverts to hunt migratory herring

Culverts allow fish to move through human-dominated habitats, but they also serve up dinner for clever predators

saber-tooth tiget skull

Thomas Quine  / Flickr CC BY 2.0

Sabre-toothed carnivores killed many types of prey in many ways

New study reveals richer diversity among these convergently evolved predators than previously thought

Escaping through a predator's butt is a common strategy for prey

Some have evolved to just survive, but other species actively seek out being pooped out

Reintroducing sea otters is good for the environment and the economy, and both matter

More sea otters are detrimental to fisheries income, but economic gains in other sectors outweigh these losses

snake with a dark zig-zag pattern on its back against some leaves

A viper's zig-zag colors help blur their predators' vision

Scientists previously thought that animals' color patterns were either warning signs or camouflage — on these snakes, they are both

Carpet pythons are the second-biggest predator of wild koalas

New technology for koala tracking led to this discovery, uncovering a previously unknown ecological relationship between the two species

Silver-haired bats wake up, re-heat their bodies, and flee when attacked

They can warm themselves up faster than any other mammal, increasing the odds that they escape incoming predators