Periodical cicadas are picky eaters, but many other creatures gladly gobble them up. Here's what to know about the "movable feast" arriving this month. Over a trillion of the loud, buzzing insects ...

Today’s video features 10 fearless foes of a reptile that not many humans are fond of–snakes! Discover animals that are not ...

Ecologists have long sought clarity on the dietary habits of different animal species. For scientists, it wasn't obvious how herbivores in Yellowstone National Park, who subsist on grasses, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Starch, a complex carbohydrate, is a vital source of nutrition for many mammals. Humans farm it in the form of rice, wheat, corn, potatoes and oats. Rats comb our garbage piles for ...

Hippos are primarily herbivorous, but they have been observed to engage in omnivorous behavior. Hippos are the third largest living land mammal. Hippos, residing in East and sub-Saharan Africa, cannot ...

This post was co-authored with Jared Piazza, Ph.D. How can people both recognize that there are issues with meat production yet fall short in taking the necessary steps to address the problem? A ...

Animals have evolved to eat a lot of different things, even stuff that barely passes for food, and it shapes our entire lives from what we look like to where we live. Today, we’ll talk about why being ...