Carnivorous animals lack key genes needed to detect and respond to infection by pathogens, a study has found. Farming large numbers of carnivores, like mink, could allow the formation of undetected ...

No one really knows what happened to the Neandertals to drive them to extinction, but one theory is that their disappearance is connected to their subsistence strategy. Previous research has provided ...

A science team that includes researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has linked increasing oxygen levels and the rise and evolution of carnivores (meat eaters) as the ...

Meat-eaters tend to be at the top of the food chain and have strict meat-only diets. Such animals tend to be smaller in population, relative to other creatures, and have a low genetic diversity. A ...

SEATTLE — There's a big stink about a contraption that's made at the Woodland Park Zoo that's helping scientists study carnivores. Literally. Dr. Robert Long, director of the Woodland Park Zoo’s ...

A litter of four Western quolls, or Chuditch, was found in the pouch of mother Honey Jumble, who was part of the first generation of quolls born in the wild in the sanctuary, according to an Oct. 21 ...

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — The Woodland Park Zoo's Urban Carnivore Project compiles sightings from all over the Northwest - to help us all get along. “We're so lucky in the Pacific Northwest to have these ...

Large carnivores avoid people by steering clear of roads during the day, but they often travel by road at night. Avoiding humans is a higher priority than avoiding other carnivore species. Humans may ...

Mitchell G. Nye-Wood works in a lab group that receives funding from the Australian Research Council. We hear a lot about how humans eating meat is bad for the planet. That’s because making room for ...