Animals have evolved to eat a lot of different things, even stuff that barely passes for food, and it shapes our entire lives from what we look like to where we live. Today, we’ll talk about why being ...

Ecologists have long sought clarity on the dietary habits of different animal species. For scientists, it wasn't obvious how herbivores in Yellowstone National Park, who subsist on grasses, ...

I thought it would be interesting to find out more about the way animals eat, so I reached out to Bruce Rengers, Ph.D., R.D., a professor at Metropolitan State College of Denver and a former zoo ...

Interestingly, carnivorous fish like tuna, salmon, and swordfish don’t fall under this “humans don’t eat carnivores” rule.

Wood ducks thrive on a flexible diet of acorns, plants, and insects, helping them recover across North America.

How do snakes manage to swallow and digest animals that are bigger than their heads? Unlike humans and many other animals, snakes don’t chew their food. They swallow their prey whole, which can ...