Modern oceans, for comparison, max out at trophic level five or six, represented by apex predators like orcas, sperm whales, ...

Apex predators maintain ecosystem health by regulating prey populations across diverse environments, showcasing nature's raw ...

Apex predators, often referred to as top predators, are species that occupy the highest position in their food chains. Unlike ...

Archeologists are reconstructing the history of the ancient megacity of Teotihuacán using the nearly 2,000-year-old remains ...

Many of the animals found in the burial sites were also apex predators at the top of the local food chain–golden eagles, Mexican gray wolves, hawks, owls, falcons, jaguars, pumas, wolves ...

The discovery of giant marine reptile apex predators occupying a seventh trophic level underscores the Paja ecosystem’s unmatched diversity and complexity, offering a rare view into an ...

A new analysis suggests saber teeth were highly specialized for puncturing prey, ultimately at the cost of durability.

Wildlife experts are in the process of capturing gray wolves from Canada in order to release them in Colorado, effectively doubling the state’s small, recently reintroduced population. Until ...

Those advantages helped saber-toothed cats, including Smilodon, to become apex predators of their time. But the specialization that brought them to such heights may have ultimately led to their ...

See All Key Ideas The Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) and snow leopard (Panthera uncia) are apex predators in alpine ecosystems. By controlling the numbers of meso-predators and herbivores ...