Predator

Maori octopus (Macroctopus maorum)

Banquet on Legs

When an octopus known for its size and hunting prowess encounters a football-field-sized team of spider crabs, the outcome isn’t what you might expect.

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The Tuna Herders

Climate change has forced these Galápagos sea lions to turn to a new food source. Since they can't outswim their prey, they use wits and teamwork instead.

Imapla being attacked by a Nile crocodile during drought of Kruger National Park, South Africa
High Drama

Sometimes the best way out of a sticky situation is up, up and away.

goliath frog (Conraua goliath).
Taking Down Goliath

The world’s largest frogs are also among the most coveted in the African bushmeat trade. Can grassroots efforts save the goliath frog from extinction?

fence post jumping spider (Marpissa muscosa)
Face Off

With eight eyes, two hydraulic legs, and impressive cognitive abilities, this jumping spider has a leg up on even the feistiest prey.

orca (Orcinus orca)
Beach Crashers

Risking it all, some orcas have taken their hunt onto the shore, and their strategy is catching on.

chameleon
Lens of Time: A Record-Breaking Tongue Lashing

The smallest chameleons on Earth perform one of the most explosive movements in the animal kingdom.

Mountain hares (Lepus timidus)
Boxing Day

Female hares can deftly defend themselves when unwelcome suitors pay a visit, but when climate change comes calling, fighting back proves more difficult.

Aerial photo of a school of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) in shallow waters with both Humpback whales (Megaptera novaenliae) and Killer whales (Orcinus orca) feeding, coast of Kvaloya, Norway January
Unexpected Dinner Guests

Something strange is happening off the northern coast of Norway—transforming natural enemies into unlikely partners.

A unique underwater shark portrait shows a great hammerhead shark quickly turning, twisting its body into a U shape, its eye close to the camera.
Hammerhead Gaze

This apex predator's widely set eyes give it much better binocular vision than most sharks—just one of several reasons why hammerheads are such successful hunters.