A new study challenges long-standing ideas about how early humans survived. Far from being mere hunters, our ancestors may have thrived by scavenging the remains of dead animals. This overlooked ...

A new study indicates that human behavior around 45,000 to 29,000 years ago contributed to a change in the composition of scavenging animal species living nearby. While smaller scavenging animals such ...

A recent study shows that top scavengers, like hyenas, can be beneficial for human health. But the same study reveals that scavenger populations are declining and could mean more disease for humans.

Animals that eat the carcasses of other animals can seem kind of gross. But a recent study shows that scavengers, such as vultures or hyenas, can actually be good for human health. Unfortunately that ...