From western toad tadpoles to glowing wetlands, this year’s winners capture nature’s beauty—and its fragility.

The long-tailed weasel is found in the same areas as the ermine but is less common. Long-tailed weasels modify the nests and burrows of prey as homes. The long-tailed weasel is carnivorous and its ...

Spiders swinging lassos, ants setting deadly traps and turtles with deceiving tongues — these animals have the most cunning methods of hunting their prey. In the animal kingdom, predators rely ...

Predation provides energy to prolong the life and promote the reproduction of the organism that does the killing, the predator, to the detriment of the organism being consumed, the prey.

Their unique pinchers are used for attacking predators or catching prey. Although not poisonous ... the weasel is closely related to ermine, ferrets, polecats and minks and are in the same ...

More recently, scientists have discovered that predation can also influence the size of the prey population by acting as a top-down control. In reality, the interaction between these two forms of ...

Some species of sea robins, such as Prionotus carolinus, also use their legs to dig up prey buried in the sand. (They’re so good at hunting that other fish are known to opportunistically follow ...

ErmineAlso known as the Short-Tailed Weasel (Mustela erminea), the Ermine undergoes a dramatic ... This helps them stalk ...

Now, an innovative genetic analysis of hairs trapped inside the cavities of their broken teeth have revealed new insights into the prey the so-called Tsavo man-eaters once hunted. The harrowing ...

Unlike Watling Street, Ermine Street has one clear starting point and a clear direct route. The name Ermine Street is not the road's original Roman name; instead, it is the Saxon name for the road ...

Dens may contain bedding of the feathers and fur of prey, shredded bark, dried leaves and grass. The diet of this opportunistic omnivore reflects the seasonal abundance of small to medium-sized ...