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There are scant inevitabilities in life. One of them (with very few exceptions) is death. Unless you’re a particular type of freshwater polyp or a weirdo jellyfish, birth is a guarantee of death.

A new study about tadpoles that turn into cannibals may sound like fodder for nature trivia, but it carries a much deeper message about evolution—and even about ourselves. The research, published in ...

In popular imagination, cannibalism in animals sounds like an extreme exception. For snakes, though, researchers say it may occur often enough to qualify as a repeated survival tactic, as Live Science ...

Cannibalism among aquaculture fish species is widely observed and represents a major challenge for commercial production. Two main forms are recognised: early larval cannibalism, when newly hatched ...

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The idea of an animal eating one of its own kind just feels wrong. But in the animal kingdom, things don’t always follow our human rules or feelings. For some creatures, eating their own kind is a ...