Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There have been multiple documented incidents where large ...

Interestingly, carnivorous fish like tuna, salmon, and swordfish don’t fall under this “humans don’t eat carnivores” rule.

Alligators are large reptiles that live in the Americas and China. In North, South, and Central America (if you include their close cousin, caimans), they are found in coastal areas. Chinese ...

Do you really eat spiders in your sleep? Thankfully, no. Researchers explain why and how we’d know if we were swallowing ...

Eating human brains might seem relegated to zombie flicks, but a new study found that European warriors did just that 18,000 years ago, per “noodle”-slurping study in the journal Scientific Reports.

Wildebeest, zebra and humans? That’s the diet scientists say filled the bellies of two infamously bloodthirsty lions who once terrorized railroad workers. The “Tsavo man-eaters,” as the male African ...