Imagine a fish so desperate to survive that it takes flight above the waves, using the open air as its last line of defense.

to grasp larger marine animals such as fish, and to help squeeze themselves into tight spaces so they can ambush prey. They also allow octopuses to grasp rocks, coral, and other underwater surfaces ...

Shadowing behavior displayed by blue runner fish hiding below a sandbar shark before attacking prey. Lampione island, Central Mediterranean sea, 11 July 2022. Credit: Rocco Canella. Scientists ...

Not being seen by a predator in the first ... familiar defenses that would-be prey employ to try to avoid becoming a meal.

South Africa’s False Bay was once known as a global hotspot for great white sharks. But within the span of a few years, ...

Using freshwater snails and their predators (e.g., crayfish, fish, insects) as a model system, the Hoverman Lab addresses the ecology and evolution of predator-prey interactions (i.e. inducible ...

Sharks enforced this invisible boundary, maintaining balance between predator and prey ... Baited Remote Underwater Video Surveys (BRUVS). These underwater cameras attracted fish and sharks ...

They mainly feed on small fish and squid. Predators are found at the top of a food chain. A predator is an animal that eats other animals. The animals that predators eat are called prey.

Researchers analyzed videos from baited remote underwater ... large predators have the potential to structure reef communities through the behavioral effects they have on their prey.