Nature never ceases to amaze us with its incredible diversity. While lions , elephants , and dolphins capture our hearts, some of Earth’s most fascinating creatures are the ones that make us do a ...

An artist’s impression depicts Kryoryctes at Dinosaur Cove in Australia. New research supports the hypothesis that Kryoryctes is a common ancestor of both the platypus and echidna. - Peter Schouten ...

Here are five animals with the weirdest hearing features and why they are so important.

The animal kingdom has so many stranger-than-fiction animals. From a glowing green sea slug to a lizard with a toad's head, these weird animals are some of the most fascinating creatures in the animal ...

Strange animals found at the bottom of the ocean challenge our current understanding of life, scientists have said. Researchers diving almost 10,000 meters deep into the Pacific Ocean found tube worms ...

Nature doesn’t always play by the rules. For every majestic lion or elegant eagle, there’s a creature so bizarre it looks like a science experiment gone rogue. Some animals are evolutionary oddities, ...

Nature’s diversity is most apparent when viewed through the eyes, literally. Throughout the animal kingdom, the ability to ...

Seaweed, a 6-year-old Cocker Spaniel and Shepherd rescue, owned by Peter Cavanaugh of Ulster Park, took first place with 36 votes in the 2026 Freeman Pet Contest Weirdest Pet category. Seaweed is a ...

(CNN) — The story of two of the strangest animals on the planet just got a little stranger, thanks to clues revealed by a lone fossil specimen that scientists now say represents a long-extinct ...