Tag: predation
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Great White Sharks Scared From Home by Two Predators
Two Predators, One Outcome Great white sharks have long been cast as apex predators of the open ocean, gliding through coastal waters with a reputation for fearsome efficiency. Yet a surprising dynamic has emerged over recent decades: two very different predators—an intelligent marine mammal group and human activity—are reshaping where these giants hunt and breed.…
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Orcas Hunt Great White Sharks in Mexico: Drone Footage
Uncovering a startling encounter: orcas and great white sharks in Mexican waters In recent drone footage captured off Mexico’s coast, scientists observed a striking and rare predator interaction: groups of orcas actively hunt young great white sharks and appear to feed on their energy-rich livers. This behavior adds to a growing body of evidence that…
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The World’s Oldest Spider: Number 16, a Gauis villosus Matriarch’s 43-Year Journey
The 43-Year Chronicle of Number 16 In the remote scrublands of Western Australia, a trapdoor spider earned an unlikely distinction: Number 16, a Gauis villosus, lived to an impressive 43 years, becoming the longest-living spider ever recorded. Her life, chronicled in a long-term study published in Pacific Conservation Biology, offers rare windows into the habits…
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Europe’s Largest Bats Hunt And Eat Migrating Birds On Wing, High In Sky
Groundbreaking Insight into a Remarkable Hunting Strategy For years, researchers have known that some bats can prey on sizable, nimble birds. Now a comprehensive study using high-resolution biologging has confirmed that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule (Nyctalus lasiopterus), routinely captures and consumes nocturnally migrating passerine birds in flight high above the ground. This discovery…
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Europe’s Largest Bats Hunt Birds In Flight At Night
Breakthrough Evidence: Bats Diving After Migrating Birds For decades, researchers have known that some bat species can hunt larger prey away from water and near the ground. A new study, however, provides compelling, direct evidence that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule (Nyctalus lasiopterus), hunts and eats nocturnally migrating birds in midair, high above the…
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Why a Bug’s “Dance” Isn’t About Dating—It’s a Stealthy Survival Trick
What Looks Like Dancing Isn’t About Courtship Insects rarely perform for the camera, and their behavior often hides deeper purposes. A recent study by STRI researchers Connor Evans-Blake, Juliette Rubin and Ummat Somjee uncovers a surprising truth about a group of colorful flag-legged bugs: their waving is not a courtship display but a sophisticated anti-predator…
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Seals Read Fish Escapes with Their Whiskers
How seals read a fish’s escape plan In the dim world beneath the waves, predators and prey play a high-stakes game of pursuit. Seals have long been admired for their ability to track fish by sensing the water’s flow—especially the wakes and spinning vortices that hint at a fish’s direction. A new study from the…