Everyone grows up knowing the difference between herbivore, carnivore, and to a lesser extent, omnivore animals. That's especially the case if you happen to have been into dinosaurs at an early age, ...

Ever wonder how some animals manage to have it all? The omnivores are nature's ultimate opportunists. These fascinating creatures have learned the art of adaptation to thrive on diets containing meat ...

A new pterosaur species was recently discovered in the vomit of a dino. But that's just the start of revelations from prehistoric excretions. Millions of years ago, a predator like spinosaurus (shown ...

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If you followed a vegan, flexitarian, or carnivore diet in 2025, here’s how to measure the effect of your food choices on the ...

Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex ...

Within a polyphagous species, individuals may either be generalists or be genetically variable in their capabilities on different potential hosts. Using the pest species Liriomyza sativae (Diptera: ...

A terracotta figurine in the form of a pig was made in Egypt around 3000 b.c., during the Early Dynastic period. Pork accounts for more than a third of the world’s meat, making pigs among the planet’s ...

THE gastrointestinal microflora of specific pathogen free mice usually includes several species of anaerobic bacteria. In a healthy state these organisms greatly outnumber the coliform bacilli and ...

What is a hermit crab? There are over 800 species of hermit crabs worldwide, and almost all are ocean dwellers—though people are likely most familiar with the dozen semi-terrestrial species, called ...