Answer by Adriana Heguy, molecular biologist, genomics researcher, on Quora: The biggest animals are plant eaters, not just in the dinosaur age but in our age too. The biggest land animal is the ...

Herbivorous Fish Farming & Mollusk Aquaculture Viewpoints Dr. Daniel Pauly Professor at the Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia There are two forms of aquaculture, one that is ...

When we imagine dangerous animals, we often think of apex predators like lions or sharks. But what if we told you that some of the deadliest creatures on Earth are actually herbivores? From ...

An herbivore is an animal or insect that only eats vegetation, such as grasses, fruits, leaves, vegetables, roots and bulbs. Herbivores only eat things that need photosynthesis to live. This ...

Herbivorous animals are vegetarians. They only eat plants. Herbivores can be very picky eaters. Scientists group these creatures by the parts of plants the herbivore eats. Frugivores only eat ...

Hippos are primarily herbivores, but they have been observed to eat other animal carcasses. They are big enough to do so, but do hippos eat humans?

Using global satellite data, a research team has mapped the tree cover of the world’s protected areas. The study shows that regions with abundant large herbivores in many settings have a more variable ...

The best evidence is our teeth: we have biting/tearing/ripping incisors and canines (like carnivores) and chewing molars (like herbivores). Animals with such diverse teeth tend to be omnivores ...

The bipedal, herbivorous animal had only two fingers on each hand, which it may have used to grasp branches and pull them towards its mouth.

Our entire agricultural system is funding and concessionizing and subsidizing land degradation. Important: There is no animal-less ecology. There is no ecosystem that functions without animals.

It turns out there are loads of “herbivorous” animals who eat meat when they get the chance–lorikeets are just the most recently reported example.