Prey

Orca pack hunting is legendary. Working in tightly regimented groups, these fierce predators can bring down far more difficult prey than any one orca could handle alone.But white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias), the terror of the seas? An orca (Orcinus orca) laughs at the white shark. In fact, scientists off the coast of South Africa have now observed that a single orca, acting alone, can dispatch a white shark extremely handily, triumphantly making off with its delicious, nutritious liver."As previously in South Africa,…

Roughly 183 million years ago, a deep-sea vampire squid was so caught up in the present that it became a frozen remnant of the past.The hungry, eight-armed creature had just gotten its tentacles on two tasty fish when it suddenly suffocated to death. Distracted by its prey, the predator probably sank into a region of oxygen-less water near the bottom of the sea and perished with an empty stomach.Scientists today are now learning from that one fatal mistake.In 2022, a trio of paleobiologists in Germany discovered the…

New research has solved a long-standing mystery in microbiology, revealing how Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predates on other bacteria by using fiber-like proteins to capture a wide variety of targets. This finding opens up potential uses of these predators in combating harmful bacteria in healthcare, food, and the environment, representing a significant leap forward in the development of natural antibacterial strategies.A decades-old mystery of how natural antimicrobial predatory bacteria are able to recognize and kill…

You’d be hard pressed to find a singular franchise in the ever-expansive sci-fi horror genre that doesn’t possess a fair share of complete duds. That being said, plenty of these long-standing franchises have crafted an onslaught of successful features that have left fans yearning for more — especially when you place the proverbial microscope under the Predator franchise, which recently collaborated with Hulu on Prey. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the sci-fi horror extravaganza eventually became the highest-rated entry in…

Image: 20th Century Studios/HuluAfter being put on ice with 2018's The Predator, the sci-fi horror franchise came back to life with Prey. The 2022 movie wound back the clock to 1719 in the Great Plains to focus on a Comanche woman named Naru, and it took off big with audiences. Not only was it graced with a physical release last year after it originally launched on Hulu, it’s now become the kickoff point for what sounds like a larger Predator revival. Instead of picking up with Naru’s story, the next Predator movie is…

As It Happens6:05Spider webs catch more than prey. They're also jam-packed with animal DNAJosh Newton probably isn't very popular with spiders. After all, the Australian scientist has a tendency to go around undoing their hard work. "I liken it to when Princess Fiona in Shrek makes some cotton candy for Shrek from spider webs, where she collects a stick and just wraps around the spider web for him. But I do it with a clean, sterile stick," Newton, a PhD candidate in life sciences at Curtin University, told As It Happens…

In 2022, four years after The Predator failed to hit with critics and audiences alike, the Predator franchise got a major jolt with Prey, which was initially released exclusively to Hulu subscribers. The early 1700s-set prequel starring Amber Midthunder was met with critical acclaim, including CinemaBlend’s Prey review giving it 4 out of 5 stars. Now the next Predator movie has been lined up, and I’m excited that one of the key talents from Prey will be back for it.Dan Trachtenberg, who directed Prey and made his…

PreyImage: HuluGreat news for fans of the Predator franchise, particularly standalone prequel entry Prey: the director of that 2022 film, Dan Trachtenberg (who also made 10 Cloverfield Lane), is returning to the universe. While Prey 2 still might happen, that’s not what this new project is; rather, it’s another standlone titled Badlands.As Deadline reports, Badlands is a direct result of Prey’s success; despite being a straight-to-Hulu release in a time when theaters where still reopening after the height of the pandemic,…

The predatory bacterium Myxococcus xanthus (left) slaughtering its prey (right). Black dots are predator aggregates called fruiting bodies and the rippling waves in the contact zone are characteristic of predatory interactions. Credit: Nicola Mayrhofer (CC-BY 4.0)New study demonstrates that environmental changes can flip microbial predator-prey hierarchy.In a new study, two species of bacteria grown in a lab reversed their predator-prey relationship after one species was grown at a lower temperature. Marie Vasse of…

Posted in: Comics, DC Comics, Preview | Tagged: Birds of PreyThings are getting mythical in Birds of Prey #6 as the team tangles with Megaera. Will this be their swan song on Themyscira?Published Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:26:08 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Birds of Prey #6: High-stakes mythic clash on Themyscira releases 2/6/2024. Team battles the fury Megaera; hints at an "ultimate price" for the Birds. Will the outcome of this battle affect the wider DC Universe going forward? LOLtron briefly…