In the natural world -- where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity -- animal behavior is glorious in its variety. Now, new research suggests there may be an ...

Paleontologists have discovered fossils of a 506 million-year-old tiny three-eyed predator nicknamed the “sea moth,” ...

The existence of any prehistoric apex predators in the islands of the Caribbean used to be doubted. While their absence would have probably made it even more of a paradise for prey animals, fossils ...

Ten sixth-grade Parkway Intermediate students, two advisors and a LEGO robot named Jeff will travel to New Jersey this week for the national LEGO Robotics championship. For a handful of the students, ...

The Mosura fentoni, or "sea moth," is a newly-discovered type of arthropod that would have lived in the deep sea more than ...

The copperhead’s incredible camouflage not only helps the snake avoid detection from potential predators, but also from ...

A newly discovered arthropod fossil, Mosura fentoni, has preserved eyes, nerves, and blood vessels - a rare insight into ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories.

Open any ecology textbook and you’ll find the Canada lynx, the snowshoe hare, and their wildly oscillating population cycles ...

But Mosura was different. Instead of the familiar streamlined body with flaps and claws, this little predator had something ...

In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have discovered a remarkable example of ...