Tourist trap restaurants can be a nightmare for holidaymakers, with some eateries charging sky-high prices for mediocre food ...

Some tree-living ants make up for a lack of nitrogen in their diet by acting in groups to capture proteinrich flying and jumping prey. Allomerus decemarticulatus, specifically associated with the ...

Among predators using an adhesive tongue to feed, chameleons are able to capture large prey by projecting the tongue at high acceleration. Once in contact with a prey, the tongue retracts with a ...

Carnivorous plants, as the name suggests, eat prey – m. We often think of plants as sedate, tranquil organisms that can't help but keep to themselves. But not all plants are harmless ... Subscribe.

Right: cross-section showing hairs that guide prey further into the trap. Wikimedia Commons Genlisea , a relative of the bladderworts, has evolved yet another trapping mechanism, the corkscrew trap.

Tiny trap-jaw spiders have unique "jaw" structures that swing wide and snap shut to catch their prey. They are the only known spiders with this unusual adaptation.

Scientists have discovered a carnivorous plant that grows prey-trapping contraptions underground, feeding off subterranean creatures such as worms, larvae and beetles. The newly found species of ...

University of California - Berkeley. (2025, May 12). Flamingos create water tornados to trap their prey. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 05 ...

Flamingos conjure ‘water tornadoes’ to trap their prey. The brightly colored birds are pretty adept predators. By Laura Baisas. Published May 13, 2025 11:47 AM EDT.