The surprising escapes from near-death situations of beetles and other small animals illustrate how both prey and predators ...

Spotted hyenas are among the most efficient predators in Africa, and also some of the most brutal. With a bite force stronger than a lion’s, they can crush bone with ease, consuming nearly every part ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lions are both hunters and scavengers, and they will readily return to a carcass if there is still enough meat left to make it ...

It left them shutter shocked. A stunning photo of a lynx playing with its prey beat out 60,636 entries to win the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award this year. The ...

Some dishes around the world are served while the animal is still alive or continues moving on the plate. In certain cases, seafood such as octopus or shrimp is prepared immediately before serving to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ethiopian cities, such as Mekelle, are producing more meat waste than ever before. Such waste is expensive to dispose of and ...

Meet the latest African garbage collection team: a clan of hyenas! New research has shown that scavengers, such as the spotted hyena, could be part of the solution for the growing urban waste problem ...

My friend Trip Lamb’s recent photographs from Africa reinforced for me the value of vicarious ecology, which I define as enjoying someone else’s outdoor experiences. Vicarious ecology offers ways to ...

Nobody sets out to build a mess. Every firmware project I’ve walked into started with good intentions. Somebody drew an architecture diagram on a whiteboard. There were clean module boundaries. Maybe ...

Sylvia A. Langer ’28, an Associate Editorial editor, is a Molecular and Cellular Biology concentrator in Currier House. Something is rotting Harvard from the inside out. Last month, the Department of ...

Southwestern Pennsylvania is a prime example of the American melting pot. Varied traditions have blended together to create a distinct culture — and we have the food to show for it. Yet many people, ...

We often talk about America’s political division as if it happened overnight — like a shift toward radical ideologies or a change in how the news is reported has suddenly moved us away from being a ...