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 ...

Whale sharks are filter feeders and have long been observed eating krill at Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef. But when researchers analysed biopsy samples from whale sharks at the reef, they ...

Most of us prefer a bit of variety in what we eat. Not true for these five "specialist" species, who seem perfectly content relying on just a single type of food. Humans are, by nature, omnivores. Our ...

Scientists have captured rare footage of California ground squirrels hunting small animals. This surprising behaviour shows ...

Whether dogs are carnivores is a hotly debated question. On the one hand, they belong to the Carnivora order and descend from meat-eating wolves. On the other hand, they can process carbohydrate ...