Humans Are Predators of at Least One Third of All Vertebrate Species

Photo caption: Lovebirds at a local bird market in Guilin, China, ready for shipment to pet stores. […] Photo credit: David Davis Photoproductions RF / Alamy Stock Photo. Article by Lesley Evans Ogden. Scientific American – June 29, 2023.

Humans have long been successful predators, thanks to our advanced cognition, tools and technology. And now a new study examining human predation’s influence on nature reveals some fresh insights, such as the fact that we capture even more terrestrial vertebrate species for medicine, the exotic pet trade and other uses than we do for food—setting us apart as a highly unusual kind of predator. […]

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