Many animals survive predation by running, fighting, or hiding. However, some take a much stranger approach: they play dead.

You might think that an insect being swallowed by a predator would mark the end of that critter’s life story. But for some, it’s no big deal. From crawling back up the digestive tract of their ...

These Animals Survive by Pretending to Be Dead and Their Acting Skills Are Surprisingly Convincing ...

Some lizards possess one of the most extraordinary survival abilities in the animal kingdom — the power to intentionally detach their own tail and later regrow it. After escaping a predator, ...

Regimbartia attenuata beetles have the ability to survive being eaten by frogs by actively crawling through the predator's digestive system and exiting through the cloaca alive. Shinji Sugiura You ...