(Todd Ryburn Photography/Getty Images) Lions are built for terror. With their bladed paws, wielded by a rippling mass of pure ...

Across the African savannah, predators often end up grouped in the public imagination. Hyenas and African wild dogs are a good example. Both hunt in groups, both move constantly across huge ...

A single camera trap survey pinned down 438 individual carnivores from six species, the first open dataset to map them all together.

Most predators are opportunistic hunters. If a species is open to eating multiple types of prey, it can improve its odds of finding food and surviving. However, some predators have taken a very ...

Predators are often judged by the size of the animals they can overpower. Yet in the wild, a successful hunt does not always end with a successful meal.