Weird-looking robot dinosaur may explain the origin of dinosaur feathers
Using Robopteryx, a robotic model, scientists show that early flightless dinosaurs likely used proto-wings for hunting, not for flight.
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This mammoth overlapped with the earliest human settlers of Alaska. Its tusk tells an important story
Elma was a healthy mammoth, but that didn't help her much when the hunters targeted her.
Clever elks move to private lands when hunting season starts. But there are some unexpected problems
The elks couldn't save themselves in the end, as Utah handed out hunting permints for private lands.
France becomes last EU country to ban hunters from gluing birds to trees
It's time for the barbaric practice to come to an end.
Fossil Friday: ancient predatory worm leaves behind no trace, except its burrows
Who says you need to do great things to be remembered?
Busting the myth of the male provider: ancient women also hunted big game, study shows
Big game hunting may have been gender neutral.
Raptors probably didn’t hunt in packs like they do in Jurassic Park
"We believe Jurassic Park was wrong about raptor behavior," say the authors.
Artwork in Indonesia might be the new ‘oldest’ hunting scene by modern humans
Indonesia may be the home of the oldest cave paintings of hunting bands found in the world. A section of ...
Early humans adapted to hunt monkeys and squirrels
The humans had to become very efficient in order to survive.
Brown bear moms raise their cubs differently due to hunting
Our actions often have unexpected consequences.
“A curtain of snakes” — for the first time, scientists confirm snakes can hunt in packs
Snakes just got even more impressive.
Men trophy hunt to show off to the ladies, new research found
Please don't do it with these people, ladies.
Scientists discover ‘hunting circuits’ that can turn fuzzy rats into fuzzy murderous rats
It's pretty scary that they can do it to be honest.
Romania clamps down on hunting big carnivores for sport
An unexpected move that's gained a lot of public approval -- as well as criticism.
South Africa bans leopard hunt for 2016
It costs $20,000 to shoo a leopard, and foreign hunters flock to South Africa every year to kill leopards for ...