Vulnerable spadefoot tadpoles eat their smaller competitors to speed towards toadhood as quickly as possible. Gulls and pelicans are among bird species that eat hatchlings for food or to prevent the ...

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From the Hannibal Lecter film series to Cormac McCarthy's dystopian novel The Road, depictions of cannibalism haunt the popular imagination. Thankfully, in today's world, the practice is extremely ...

Covering education fights, I've heard conservatives' complaints about lessons they think go too far. Many are fighting certain lessons on race and gender along with mask mandates. But two groups in ...

Analysis of bones from Goyet cave in Belgium found cut marks indicating cannibalism, with victims including children and ...

While still in their mother’s uterus, sand tiger shark embryos develop teeth–and an appetite. The largest of the babies in each of the sharks’ two uteruses attacks and eats its smaller siblings, ...

The trilobite Redlichia rex likely chomped on its own kind. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there.

Recently, I encountered four minor news items, four unrelated vignettes, mostly trivial in and of themselves, yet important in their implications and ramifications. Cannibalism: The Smithsonian ...

Four years after Armie Hammer’s cannibalism scandal sparked major controversy, the actor reflected on how the wild rumors could impact his children’s future. "I also am well aware that my daughter and ...

Eating other humans isn't an efficient source of calories, especially post-apocalypse, says a researcher who tallied how much meat a person contains.