Some behaviours that are crucial to survival appear to be hard-wired, meaning that they occur without previous experience. For example, many prey organisms naturally know how to escape to safety from ...

Some slimy sea creatures have a very strange way of escaping predators, even after they've been swallowed. Baby Japanese eels have been spotted escaping from the stomachs of fish that have eaten them ...

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered sophisticated behavioral strategies that enable parasitic crickets to survive within ant colonies. Led by Ryoya Tanaka, the team documented ...

An impala runs away from a cheetah. Valerio Ferraro / REDA&CO / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Survival of the fittest often means survival of the fastest. But fastest doesn’t necessarily ...

Survival of the fittest often means survival of the fastest. But the fastest doesn’t necessarily mean the fastest moving. It might mean the fastest thinking. When faced with the approach of a powerful ...