The eyes of most animals cannot cope with ultraviolet light because it carries enough energy to damage vision. However, living on Arctic frozen wastes that reflect around 90% of the UV light, reindeer have adapted to see it.
Kingsnakes use constriction to kill their prey and tend to be opportunistic when it comes to their diet; they will devour other snakes, including poisonous ones.
Kingsnakes use constriction to kill their prey and tend to be opportunistic when it comes to their diet; they will devour other snakes, including poisonous ones.
Are sea otters the new global warming warriors? By preying on urchins - which themselves devour kelp forests - sea otters help the plants to flourish. A kelp forest protected by otters absorbs 12 times as much CO2.
In Parsi funerals, corpses are exposed to the rays of the sun, and then devoured by birds of prey. Vanishing populations of vultures have forced some Parsis to concentrate the sun's rays to help break down the bodies.
In Parsi funerals, corpses are exposed to the rays of the sun, and then devoured by birds of prey. Vanishing populations of vultures have forced some Parsis to concentrate the sun's rays to help break down the bodies.
Are sea otters the new global warming warriors? By preying on urchins - which themselves devour kelp forests - sea otters help the plants to flourish. A kelp forest protected by otters absorbs 12 times as much CO2.
Are sea otters the new global warming warriors? By preying on urchins - which themselves devour kelp forests - sea otters help the plants to flourish. A kelp forest protected by otters absorbs 12 times as much CO2.
The Nepenthes, popularly known as pitcher plants or monkey cups, are carnivorous plants. Ants, other insects, spiders, scorpions, and centipedes top the menu as favorite prey.
The Nepenthes, popularly known as pitcher plants or monkey cups, are carnivorous plants. Ants, other insects, spiders, scorpions, and centipedes top the menu as favorite prey.
I recognized the twitch-up snares because my father had used them. When the prey is caught, it’s yanked into the air out of the reach of other hungry animals.
Tarsiers, primarily insectivorous, can catch insects mid-flight as they jump from limb to limb. They are also known to prey on small vertebrates, such as birds, snakes and bats.
Amphiumas, eel-like aquatic salamanders of the southeastern US, have incredibly strong jaws that permit them to crush crayfish, their primary prey, with a single chomp.
The jaguar is a largely solitary, stalk-and-ambush predator, and is opportunistic in prey selection. Like all cats, the jaguar is an obligate carnivore, feeding only on meat.
With their choice of prey, kingsnakes rank high among gourmet diners of the serpent clan. Its practice of eating venomous snakes makes it exceptional among the reptiles.
With their choice of prey, kingsnakes rank high among gourmet diners of the serpent clan. Its practice of eating venomous snakes makes it exceptional among the reptiles.
Scientists are unsure of the source of this frog's amazing toxicity, but it is possible they assimilate plant poisons, which are carried by their prey.
With their choice of prey, kingsnakes rank high among gourmet diners of the serpent clan. Its practice of eating venomous snakes makes it exceptional among the reptiles.
Bluebirds are admired for their lovely coloring and distinctive song. They aren't often depicted as hunters -- perching, watching, and swooping to the ground to catch their prey!
The Goliath Bird-eater subsists on a purely liquid diet, capturing their prey, paralyzing it with their venom and then sucking all the juices out if it, and leaving the empty shell behind.
Synanceia, the vernacular being stonefish, camouflages itself in a grey, mottled color like a stone, and like a stone it rests at the bottom of a reef, until its prey gets too close.