In a remarkable display of interspecies compassion, an elephant defends an injured lion from a pair of hyenas in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Photographer Morne du Plessis captured this ...

More than 3 million years ago, when our ancient ancestors embodied by the iconic Lucy were roaming the African landscape, they would have feared a big, bad crocodile with a prominent lump on its head, ...

A "dominant" crocodile-like predator with a big lump on its head preyed on man's ancestors three million years, ago, according to new research. Early humans - embodied by the iconic hominin Lucy - ...

More than 3 million years ago, when our ancient ancestors embodied by the iconic Lucy were roaming the African landscape, they would have feared a ...

Wondering about the most dangerous birds on Earth? We've compiled this list of the Top 20 scariest birds — some that have ...

More than 3 million years ago, when our ancient ancestors embodied by the iconic Lucy were roaming the African landscape, they would have feared a big, bad crocodile with a prominent lump on its head, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California wildlife regulators voted Thursday to list several mountain lion populations as threatened under the California ...

Humans have contended with crocodiles for a really long time. The recent discovery of an ancient crocodilian species sporting a strange snout indicates the reptiles may have even preyed on our ...

California wildlife regulators voted Thursday to list several mountain lion populations as threatened under the California Endangered Species Act, a move supporters say is aimed at preventing ...

Just weeks after a mountain lion wandered into San Francisco, state officials voted to permanently protect populations of the charismatic predators that prowl the coastal mountains between the Bay ...

As a campaign to reintroduce mountain lions in Vermont moves forward, wildlife managers there and in neighboring states are asking lion advocates to slow down and “pump the brakes.” This was the ...