A crab spider uses deceptive hunting to sit on a daisy to capture visiting insects, a scene frequently seen in late June.

With delicate, leaf-like structures covering its body, the leafy seadragon is one of the ocean’s most extraordinary masters ...

Hidden in the lightless depths of the ocean, the anglerfish has evolved one of the most terrifying hunting strategies in ...

The praying mantis is far more than a creepy-looking insect. With incredible vision, a head that can rotate to track prey, ...

A Mead man was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of soliciting a minor after an online predator exposure group said it ...

For animals such as fish and insects that can’t control their body temperature, heat waves could be particularly detrimental.

Melissa Hobson, doing business as The Ocean Writer Ltd., is a marine science and conservation writer based in Hastings. She ...

Kerry Banks is an award-winning magazine journalist and author. His works include Pavel Bure: The Riddle of the Russian Rocket and record books on hockey, baseball and basketball. He lives in ...

From foxes that bring home dinner to fish that keep watch over their young, male animals across several species take an ...

Researchers have newly identified a huge apex predator that terrorised early humans and laid in wait for its prey ...

The scorpionfly (order Mecoptera) is one of nature’s most bizarre insects. Despite its intimidating name, the scorpionfly is ...

Most predators are opportunistic hunters. If a species is open to eating multiple types of prey, it can improve its odds of finding food and surviving. However, some predators have taken a very ...