The sight of a saltwater crocodile basking on a mudbank is one of the most iconic and intimidating images of northern Australia. Yet the crocodiles that inhabit the region today are just the survivors ...

Museums are home to many mysteries. For all their labels and information panels, there remain specimens that elude ...

Apex predators are often seen as a threat. Because of this, conflicts with apex predators have historically led to culling ...

The megalodon, an extinct apex predator with a powerful bite and formidable hunting skills, is compared to the blue whale, the largest creature ever. Despite the whale's size advantage, the ...

New analyses of fossilized jaws reveal that massive, kraken-like octopuses once hunted alongside other marine predators.

The grizzly bear is the state’s mascot, but the quarter-ton apex predators have been extinct in California for more than a century. In parts of the west where they do ...