Browsing: predators
Artwork of Hibodus sharks—predators from the late Permian period that outlasted mass extinctions. Credit: Christian Darkin/Science Photo Library The largest mass extinction in history led to…
Paleontologists from the University of Toronto Mississauga have uncovered numerous tooth impressions in the fossilized bones of three juvenile Diadectes, one of the earliest large herbivorous…
Paleontologists have unearthed exquisitely preserved skulls and jaws, along with parts of the skull and jaws belonging to a previously unidentified species of Peilosaurus in Patagonia,…
A recent study conducted by the Florida Museum of Natural History reveals that this apex predator is a type of Cebucid crocodile with origins in South…
Many species of birds use shed snake skin when building nests, but this behavior is poorly understood. In a new study, Cornell University ornithologists used comparative…
Saber-toothed tiger predators — such as the famous saber-toothed tiger Smilodon Fatalis — evolved multiple times between different mammalian groups. Their unusual teeth were functionally optimal…
Researchers from the University of Tasmania and Western University have conducted experiments to show that Australian marsupials such as kangaroos and wallabies are most afraid of…
Paleontologists have unearthed two fossilized phalanges of ancient carnivorous birds on Seymour Island in Antarctica. Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of an early Eocene continental community on Seymour Island:…
All pterosaur eurypterids (sea scorpions), giant aquatic arthropods with large claws, were considered apex predators, but some scientists believe that certain species are not predatory because…
Researchers found high rates of osteochondrosis in the joints of Ice Age saber-toothed tigers and dire wolves, based on more than 1,500 limb bones examined from…