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North Dakota: wild horses

The video thumbnail image shows an illustration of the bird dinosaur Longipteryx alongside two toy dinosaur figurines.

How the praying mantis hunts its prey

Plate 4: Acorns stored in the trunk of a digger pine (pinus sabiniana) by the acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus).

moose in winter

Do squirrels forget where they hide their food?

See how sea creatures have evolved different adaptations to both catch prey and avoid becoming prey

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The video thumbnail image shows an illustration of the bird dinosaur Longipteryx alongside two toy dinosaur figurines.

What did ancient animals REALLY eat?

Findings about a small bird have scientists rethinking dino diets.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

How the praying mantis hunts its prey

How the praying mantis hunts its prey

The predatory behaviour of praying mantises (or mantids).

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Do squirrels forget where they hide their food?

Do squirrels forget where they hide their food?

Overview of food-burying behaviour in squirrels.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

See how sea creatures have evolved different adaptations to both catch prey and avoid becoming prey

See how sea creatures have evolved different adaptations to both catch prey and avoid becoming prey

Some fishes have adapted unusual structures and behaviours to catch prey and to avoid...

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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North Dakota: wild horses

North Dakota: wild horses

Wild horses graze in the Badlands of North Dakota.

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Plate 4: Acorns stored in the trunk of a digger pine (pinus sabiniana) by the acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus).

Plate 4: Acorns stored in the trunk of a digger pine (pinus sabiniana) by the acorn...

William E. Grenfell, Jr.

Chemoreception

Chemoreception

Animals, such as this pine grosbeak, use chemoreception to respond to chemicals that...

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moose in winter

moose in winter

A moose (Alces alces) browsing on deciduous willow (Salix) in winter.

© Michael Giannechini—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers

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