When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first time I saw a rhino. It was about 20 years ago, and I was on my first ever ...

Answer by Adriana Heguy, molecular biologist, genomics researcher, on Quora: The biggest animals are plant eaters, not just in the dinosaur age but in our age too. The biggest land animal is the ...

Animals that eat plants are herbivores, animals that eat meat are carnivores, while animals like us, who eat anything, are omnivores. Simple.

"Zoo animals remain there long after we’ve gone,” a photographer and animal rights activist says of her new book. “I try to show what that might be like for them.” ...

The surprising images suggest animals aren't so easily classified as herbivores or carnivores—and that snowshoe hares are eating meat on a regular ... See Incredible Photos of Arctic Animals. 1 ...

The best evidence is our teeth: we have biting/tearing/ripping incisors and canines (like carnivores) and chewing molars (like herbivores). Animals with such diverse teeth tend to be omnivores ...

Learn about the different foods animals eat with these interactive learning resources for KS1 Science students aged 5-7 from BBC Bitesize.

Although scientists often worry most about the loss of the world’s predators, a comprehensive new study finds that plant-eating herbivores are the animals most at risk of extinction. About one ...

Large herbivores, such as bison and elk, have lived continuously in Yellowstone National Park for more than two millennia, a new study has confirmed. Despite the near-extinction of bison in North ...