Carnivores | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/carnivores/RSS feed for CarnivoresenThu, 19 Feb 2026 18:37:23 +0000This Giant Carnivore Ran on Hooves. Scientists Are Investigating Its Massive Skull and Crushing Teeth to Decipher the Beast's True Naturehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-giant-carnivore-ran-on-hooves-scientists-are-investigating-its-massive-skull-and-crushing-teeth-to-decipher-the-beasts-true-nature-180988212/For more than a century, paleontologists have been piecing together how the mysterious predator Andrewsarchus is related to other mammals, like the extinct “hell pigs” and “wolves with hooves”Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:37:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-giant-carnivore-ran-on-hooves-scientists-are-investigating-its-massive-skull-and-crushing-teeth-to-decipher-the-beasts-true-nature-180988212/Carnivorous Plants Have Been Trapping Animals for Millions of Years. So Why Have They Never Grown Larger?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/carnivorous-plants-have-been-trapping-animals-for-millions-of-years-so-why-have-they-never-grown-larger-180986708/Plants that feed on meat and animal droppings have evolved at least ten times through evolutionary historyFri, 06 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/carnivorous-plants-have-been-trapping-animals-for-millions-of-years-so-why-have-they-never-grown-larger-180986708/Researchers Discover a Rare, Carnivorous Caterpillar That Wears Dead Insect Parts to Fool Spidershttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-discover-a-rare-carnivorous-caterpillar-that-wears-dead-insect-parts-to-fool-spiders-180986506/The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, which is the only place it's known to live todayMon, 28 Apr 2025 17:46:01 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-discover-a-rare-carnivorous-caterpillar-that-wears-dead-insect-parts-to-fool-spiders-180986506/A Michigan Hunter Thought He Killed a Large Coyote. It Turned Out to Be an Endangered Gray Wolfhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-michigan-hunter-thought-he-killed-a-large-coyote-it-turned-out-to-be-an-endangered-gray-wolf-180984122/Wildlife officials believe the animal was likely the first gray wolf spotted in the southern Lower Peninsula in 100 yearsTue, 09 Apr 2024 18:05:20 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-michigan-hunter-thought-he-killed-a-large-coyote-it-turned-out-to-be-an-endangered-gray-wolf-180984122/Wolverines Receive Federal Protection as a Threatened Species in the Lower 48 Stateshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wolverines-receive-federal-protection-as-threatened-species-in-lower-48-states-180983346/The carnivorous mammals will increasingly face habitat loss and fragmentation because of climate change, according to scientistsThu, 30 Nov 2023 21:07:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wolverines-receive-federal-protection-as-threatened-species-in-lower-48-states-180983346/Cheetahs Become More Nocturnal in Extreme Heat, Study Findshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cheetahs-become-more-nocturnal-in-extreme-heat-study-finds-180983223/Hunting later at night may force the big cats to surrender their prey to larger carnivores, such as lions and leopardsThu, 09 Nov 2023 19:14:46 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cheetahs-become-more-nocturnal-in-extreme-heat-study-finds-180983223/New Pack of Endangered Gray Wolves Discovered in Californiahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-pack-of-endangered-gray-wolves-found-in-california-180982754/The pack, which consists of a mother and her four offspring, is now the state’s southernmost wolf groupThu, 17 Aug 2023 19:04:18 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-pack-of-endangered-gray-wolves-found-in-california-180982754/Carnivorous Plants May Lure Insects With Specially Tailored Scentshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/carnivorous-plants-may-lure-insects-with-specially-tailored-scents-180982024/Pitcher plants appear to use different odor cocktails to attract bees, moths, ants and other bugs into their death trapsMon, 24 Apr 2023 15:17:37 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/carnivorous-plants-may-lure-insects-with-specially-tailored-scents-180982024/What 70 Years of Data Says About Where Predators Kill Humanshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/where-lions-and-tigers-and-wolves-attack-and-kill-humans-180981539/A new survey of attacks by lions, wolves and other big carnivores shows that people in low-income countries are at greater riskTue, 31 Jan 2023 19:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/where-lions-and-tigers-and-wolves-attack-and-kill-humans-180981539/Cheetahs Will Soon Be Reintroduced to Indiahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cheetahs-will-soon-be-reintroduced-to-india-180980455/The felines were declared extinct in the country in 1952Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:06:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cheetahs-will-soon-be-reintroduced-to-india-180980455/