Little auks slurp like fish

They eat almost 60,000 prey in a day. And can store over 4,000 in their food pouch at one time.

When predator becomes prey

In a bizarre interaction between a frog and an insect, it’s the frog that ends up as food.

Caterpillar vs. Beetle: Who wins?

Watch this caterpillar fling its beetle attacker through the air.

Why do fan-throated lizards come in such variety?

The answer goes back millions of years when monsoons clouded over Asia

Inside the secret world of bamboo-breeding frogs

These frogs breed hidden in bamboos and they are – wait for it – cannibals

Monkeys eat—and then floss

Nicobar long-tailed macaques use an array of tools, including bird feathers to floss their teeth

Mites squatting on spider webs steal food

A newly-discovered species of mite sets up home on a spider’s web and nibbles away at any insects the spider catches

Salamander ate a frog for its final meal

A fossil salamander that lived at least 34 million years ago is in such good condition that the remains of a frog it ate are still in its digestive tract

Monkey mom eats mummified baby

First-time mother grooms her dead baby for weeks before gnawing on its dry flesh.

Tadpoles piggyback on strangers to avoid getting eaten — by siblings

When frog fathers go missing, their young are in grave danger. To escape the deadly jaws of their own siblings, these young turn to strangers.

Female dragonflies drop dead to avoid males

It’s their way of rejecting unrequited love.

The strange origins of alcohol intake

Our alcoholic propensities may be rooted in our fruit-eating ancestors.

Wasp turns host into a self-sacrificing zombie

Meet the head-borer wasp that eats its way out into the world through another wasp’s head.

Traffic noise impacts frog survival

Next time you honk, spare a thought for these frogs (and your fellow humans.)

Sandfish stays sand-free

Desert-dwelling reptile exhales in powerful bursts underground