HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. — An organization called Big Country’s Predator Exposure posted a livestream on Facebook that captured the attention of both residents and law enforcement in Hancock County. It ...

Animals embedded between trophic levels must simultaneously balance pressures to deter predators and acquire resources. Venomous animals may use venom toxins to mediate both pressures, and thus ...

The “life-dinner principle” posits that there is greater selection pressure on the species that have more to lose in an interaction. Thus, based on the asymmetry within predator-prey interactions, ...

White-tailed deer in northeast Washington live in a world shaped by two competing limitations – predators and the availability of food. But while wolves and cougars garner more attention, they’re not ...

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep brings about brief but periodic awakenings. In 1966, Dr. Frederick Snyder reported the "sentinel" function of REM could help animals prepare a fight or flight response ...

Researchers are working on a radical new plan to take back the outback from Australia's most pervasive predators. The aim is to breed “smart” generations of native marsupials that can evade attacks ...