Elephant vs Hippo: Physical Defenses Nothing scares potential predators off like large animals. After all, most predators don’t want to put themselves at risk.

Adult elephants are hardly bothered by predators, as they tower over all other terrestrial animals. When elephants move, they stump the ground and sometimes uproot trees to feed or clear a path.

The ability to use top marine predators as ecological monitors is a valuable tool for understanding broader ecosystem dynamics, especially in the face of climate change. Elephant seals, which forage ...

New fossil studies reveal that ancient predators like saber-toothed cats vanished rapidly after their primary prey species ...